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Parasites Flashcards

1
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Nematodes

A

Ascarsis

Enterobius

Strong

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2
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Ascaris infects

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small intestine

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3
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Ascaris cliniical disease

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perforations

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4
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Enterobius causes

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perianal prutits

scotch tape

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5
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Stongylodiasis infects

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Larvae may penetrate skin and move to small intestine. May migrate to small intestine

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6
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Autoinfection

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stonggyloides (lots of migration )

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7
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Could lead to chronic infection for decades

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Strongyloides

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8
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Taeniasis

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Animals eat stuff with Taenia eggs

Eggs hatch –parasite forms cysts in muscle

Humand eat undercooked meat

Humans get GI infection because they are CYSTS which are excreted

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9
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Cysticercosis

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Humans or pigs eat the eggs

Egs hatch and parasite travels in pigs muscle tissue for cysts

egg hatch in humans and can travel

symptoms may occur based on sit of cyst

when cyst die = inflammation

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10
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Infection via exposure to contaminated water

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Schistomiasis (spine bubble)

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11
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Schistomiasis clinical

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Fever, cough , eosinophilia

bladder

fallopian

GI

Liver

Brain (paralysis blindness)

Swimmers itch (no invasive disease)

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12
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Liver problems

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Clonorchiasis

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13
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Causes cholangiocarconoma

A

Clonorchiasis

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14
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Entamoeba histolytica

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invades mucosa and causes tissue necrosis

Blood diarrhea

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15
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Freswater animal reservoirs

mild to moderate diarrhea , bloating, abdominal cramps

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Giardia

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16
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Giardia Dx:

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stool or duodenal aspiration

17
Q

Transmitted by the tsetse fly

Acute lymphadenopathy

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Trypanosoma

18
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Can cause cardio myopathy

A

trypanosoma cruzi

transmitted by triatomine bugs

19
Q

Histodine rich protein is only expressed in

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P. falciparum (resistant to chloroquine)

20
Q

Symptoms of crypto

A

water diarrhea

stains acid fast

treat with nitazoxanide

21
Q

Trio of toxo

A

ocular disease

brain lesions

hepatitis

22
Q

Severe malaria cause

A

P. falciparum

23
Q

P. vivax and ovale

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relapsing disease

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