Others

Question 1

Characteristic of ulcer formed by B. coli

Answer 1

Rounded base and wide neck

Question 2

DOC of B. coli infx

Answer 2

Metronidazole

Question 3

Zoonotic infx causing steatorrhea and ulcer

Answer 3

Giardia lamblia

Question 4

Dx test for G. lamblia using string

Answer 4

Enterotest

Question 5

Infective stage of coccidians

Answer 5

Oocyst

Question 6

Coccidians

Answer 6

Isospora belli
Cryptosporidium hominis
Toxoplasma gondii

Question 7

Dx test for coccidians

Answer 7

Kinyoun’s modified acid-fast stain of stool exam

Question 8

Cyst in brain, retina, skeletal and heart muscles due to cat feces exposure

Answer 8

Toxoplasmosis

Question 9

DOC for toxoplasmosis

Answer 9

Pyrimethamine-sulfadiazine

Question 10

1 intestinal protozoan in Phils; causes irritable bowel syndrome

Answer 10

Blastocystis hominis

Question 11

DOC for Blastocystis infx

Answer 11

Metronidazole

Question 12

New specie of plasmodium that infects humans, previously in monkeys; discovered by RITM in Palawan

Answer 12

P. knowlesi

Question 13

Infective stage of plasmodium

Answer 13

Sporozoite

Question 14

Form of malaria parasites that attacks the RBCs

Answer 14

Merozoites

Question 15

Stage responsible for relapse; dormant form in liver

Answer 15

Hypnozoite

Question 16

Deadly malarial cycle causing rosette formation and cytoadherence

Answer 16

Erythrocytic cycle

Question 17

Affectation of which organ systems warrants dx of severe/ complicated malaria

Answer 17

Lung
Kidney
CNS

Question 18

Gold standard for dx of malaria

Answer 18

Thick and thin blood smear

Question 19

Primary vector of malaria

Answer 19

Anopheles minimus var. flavirostris

Question 20

DOC for severe malaria

Answer 20

IV quinine

Question 21

Breeding site for anopheles

Answer 21

Slow flowing, partly-shaded streams

Question 22

DOC for P. vivax

Answer 22

Chloroquine

Question 23

DOC for relapse

Answer 23

Quinine

Question 24

DOC for P. falciparum

Answer 24

Artemisinin/lumefantrine

Question 25

DOC for P. vivax

Answer 25

Primaquine

Question 26

Destroys young RBCs

Answer 26

P. vivax

Question 27

Destroys old RBCs

Answer 27

P. malariae

Question 28

Destroys all ages of RBCs

Answer 28

P. falciparum

Question 29

Blood and Tissue flagellates

Answer 29

Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosoma brucei rhodisiense
Leishmania

Question 30

Parasite that cause Chaga’s disease

Answer 30

Trypanosoma cruzi

Question 31

MOT of T. cruzi

Answer 31

inoculation of triatomine bug’s feces into scratched skin

Question 32

Infective stage of T. cruzi

Answer 32

Trypomastigote

Question 33

MOT of infestation w/ T. brucei gambiense/ rhodisiense

Answer 33

Inoculation through proboscis of tsetse fly (Glossina sp.)

Question 34

Disease caused by T. brucei rhodisiense/ gambiense

Answer 34

African sleeping disease

Question 35

MOT of Leishmaniasis

Answer 35

Inoculation through proboscis of sandfly (Phlebotomous)

Question 36

Infective stage of leishmania

Answer 36

Promastigotes

Question 37

Painless skin ulcer caused by Leishmania

Answer 37

Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Question 38

Leishmaniasis that causes destruction of the nasopharynx

Answer 38

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Question 39

Leishmaniasis that is manifested w/ fever, splenomegaly, cachexia and skin darkening

Answer 39

Visceral Leishmaniasis/ Kala-azar

Question 40

Dx of Leishmaniasis

Answer 40

Tissue biopsy

Question 41

House dust mite

Answer 41

Dermatophagoides sp.

Question 42

Arthropod that causes scabies

Answer 42

Sarcoptes scabiei

Question 43

Head louse

Answer 43

Pediculus humanus capitis

Question 44

Body louse

Answer 44

Pediculus humanus corporis

Question 45

Crab louse causing pediculosis pubis

Answer 45

Phthirus pubis

Question 46

Largest protozoan affecting humans and only ciliate that causes human disease

Answer 46

Balantidium coli