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Other protozoa Flashcards

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dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus

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Chagas disease; Trypanosoma cruzi

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Tcruzi epidemiology

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S. Africa

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Tcruzi transmissoin

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reduviid bug (bite is painless like a kiss; kissing bug)

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Tcruzi Dx

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blood smear

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Tcruzi Tx

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Nifurtimox

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spiking fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia

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Visceral leishmaniasis; Leishmania donovani

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Leishmania transmission

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sandfly

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Leishmania Dx

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macs containing amastigotes (big purple spheres; bigger than granules, smaller than nucleus)

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Leishmania Tx

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Sodium stibogluconate

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