Parasite Flashcards
Trophozoites of free living protozoa
Negleria Lobe like pseudopodia
Acanthamoeba Spike like thorn like
Balamuthia Branch like
Sappinia Normal pseudopodia bilobed nucleus
Diarrhoea vs dysentery in Intestinal protozoa
Balantidium coli Dysentery
Entamoeba Dysentery
Giardia Diarrhoea
Sporozoa Diarrhoea
Malaria
Thin smear vs Thick smear
Thin Species
Thick Parasite
HRP2 Ag
Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria treatment
- Vivax—Chloroquine Primaquine
- Falciparum
—NE States—Artemether+Lumefrantine+Primaquine
—Other states—Artesunate+Sulfaroxine+Pyrimethamine+Primaquine - Mixed infection—
same as falciparum - Resistant to ACT or Severe malaria—
Quinine - Pregnant(Primaquine CI)
—Vivax—Chloroquine
—Falciparum—
T1–Quinine
T23–ACT (area specific)
Oppurtunistic protozoa
Diarrhoa causing protozoa
Giardia
3 sporozoa
Toxoplasma
Toxoplasma stages in
Cat feces
Cat meat
Vertical transmission
Oocyst
Bradyzoite
Tachyzoite
Treatment of
Nagleria
Acanthamoeba
Balamuthia
Sappinia
Trichomonas
Balantidium coli
Entamoeba
Giardia
Cryptosporidium
Cyclospora
Isospora
Leishmania
Tcruzi Media
Tbrucei Media
Babesia
Toxoplasma
Liposomal amphotericin B
Supportive
Supportive
Supportive
Metronidazole
Doxycycline
Metronidazole
Metronidazole
Nitazoximide
TMP SMX
TMP SMX
Liposomal amphotericin B
Benznidazone NNN
Suramin NNN
Atovaquone
Pyremethamine Leucovirin Sulfadiazine Pregnancy—Spiramycin
Malabsorption of fat
Giardia
Granulomatous protozoa
Acanthamoeba
Balamuthia
Hosts
D latum
Schistosoma
Fasciola buski
Fasciola hepatica
Chlonarchis
Paragonus
Trichinella
Dracunculus
Man Cyclops Fish
Man Snail
Man Snail Water plants
Man Snail Water plants
Man Snail Fish
Man Snail Crab
Man Pig
Man Cyclops
Treatment of
Cestodes
Trematodes
Nematodes
Cestodes—Praziquantel except
Tsolium Egranulosum — Albendazole
Trematodes—Praziquantel except
Fasciola hepatica—Triclabendazole
Nematodes—Albendazole except
Strongyloides Oncocerca—Ivermectin
Rest filarial — DEC
Larva form of Tsolium
Treatment of neurocysticercosis
Cysticercosis cellulosae
Steroids then albendazole
Investigations of Egranulosus
- USG—hydatid cyst/water lilly sign
- ELISA
- PAIR
- Surgery
Echinococcus multilocularis
Multiple alveolar lesions in liver
Spines of schistosoma and cancers
Hematobium terminal—bladder ca
Mansoni side
Japonicum no spine -knob—colon ca
Cholangiocarcinoma
Chlonarchis
Larva migrans and Lofflers pulmonary eosinophilia causing helminths
Strongyloides
Ankylostoma — Chandlers index
Ascaris
Eggs shape
Irregular outer membrane
Irregular inner membrane
Mucus plugs on both poles
Ascaris
Ankylostoma
Trichuris
Describe filarial worms
Wuchereria — Sheath No nuclei
Brugya —Sheath 2Big nuclei
Loa loa — Sheath multiple small nuclei
Oncocerca — NO sheath NO nuclei
Bachman intraderma test
Trichinella spiral larva
Come out on pouring water
Dracunculus
Oppurtunistic hemlinths
Only strongyloides
Auto infections
CHEST
Cryptococcus
H nana
Enterobius
Strongyloides
T solium
