PARA

Question 1

parasite that can demonstrate intense eosinophilia

Answer 1

Trichinella spiralis

Question 2

manner of examination for amoebiasis and giardiasis

Answer 2

3 specimens, 1 every other day in 10 days

Question 3

stool to preservative ratio

Answer 3

1:3

Question 4

t or f. we can freeze stool spx to preserve it

Answer 4

false

Question 5

5% formalin is used for:

Answer 5

protozoans

Question 6

10% formalin is used for:

Answer 6

cysts, helminth eggs, larvae

Question 7

advantage of this preservative is that it has long shelf life

Answer 7

formalin

Question 8

disadvantage of this preservative is that it contains mercury

Answer 8

schaudinn’s solution

Question 9

suitable for permanent staining (trichrome hematoxylin); combined with schaudinn’s

Answer 9

polyvinyl alcohol

Question 10

recommended procedure for light infections

Answer 10

concentration techniques

Question 11

parasite has higher specific gravity, sinks

Answer 11

sedimentation

Question 12

parasite has lower specific gravity, floats

Answer 12

flotation

Question 13

reagent that dissolves albuminous material

Answer 13

40% hcl

Question 14

dissolves neutral fats in stool

Answer 14

ether

Question 15

best for coccidian oocyst

Answer 15

sugar flotation technique

Question 16

what microscope is used in sugar flotation technique?

Answer 16

phase microscopy

Question 17

parasites that can be isolated in zinc sulfate flotation

Answer 17

giardia lamblia cyst

hymenolepis nana

Question 18

in harada mori, which parasite goes against the capillary movement of water

Answer 18

filariform larvae

Question 19

in harada mori, which parasite moves toward the upper end

Answer 19

strongyloides

Question 20

this technique has moistened soil or granulated charcoal

Answer 20

capro culture

Question 21

how is the larvae harvested in capro culture?

Answer 21

Baermann procedure

Question 22

culture for intestinal amoeba (2)

Answer 22

• boeck and dorbohlav’s diphasic medium

- cleveland and collier’s medium

Question 23

culture for leishmania and trypanosoma

Answer 23

novy macneal nicolle media

Question 24

kato thick smear materials (3)

Answer 24

cellophane
glycerine
malachite green

Question 25

adv of kato thick smear (2)

Answer 25

• mass stool examination

- good in detecting thick shells

Question 26

kato katz materials (4)

Answer 26

wire mesh

+ the 3 from kato thick

Question 27

stain used cysts and troph

Answer 27

wheatley’s trichrome stain

Question 28

stain used for coccidians

Answer 28

modified AF stain

Question 29

parasites that can be seen in urine (4)

Answer 29

• trichomonas vaginalis
• wuchereria bancrofti
• onchocerca volvulus
• schistosoma haematobium

Question 30

parasites that can be seen in sputum (9)

Answer 30

• ascaris lumbricoides (L)
• strongyloides stercoralis (L)
• hookworms (L)
• paragonimus ova
• echinococcus granulosus hooklet
• entamoeba histolytica (T)
• cryptosporidium parvum oocysts
• entamoeba gingivalis
• trichomonas tenax