Parasites Flashcards
Protoza vs. Helminths vs. Trematodes?
Protozoa = Unicellular Helminths = Worms Trematodes = FLukles
Most common parasitic infection in US?
Giardia
Who gets Giardia?
Campers/hikers
Fatty, foul-smelling stool?
Giardia
Who gets cryptosporidium?
Water-park people
AIDS worse
Symptoms of cryptosporidium?
Mild, watery diarrhea
Severe if immunocompromised
Who gets Entamoeba histolytica worldwide?
In US?
Tropical slums
US = Gay dudez
Ameiasis symptoms?
Why?
Bloody diarrhea = Amoebic Dysentary
RBC lysis
Serious complication of entamoeba histolytica?
Liver abscess
GI protozoa?
Giardia lamblia
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cyclospora cayetanesis
Entamoeba histolytica
GI Nematodes?
Enterobius vermicularis Strongyloides Ancylostoma Necator Trichuris Ascaris
Nematodes spread by eating eggs?
EAT
Enterobius vermicularis
Ascaris
Trichuris
Nematodes spread by skin contact?
Hookworms (NASty)
Strongyloides
Ancylostoma
Necator
Most common helminth infection?
Enterobius
Anal itch in daycare?
How do you diagnose?
Enterobius
Scotch tape
CANNOT DIAGNOSE FROM STOOL
Helminth found in Large US cities?
Strongyloides
Helminth with possibility of auto-infection?
Strongyloides
10mm hookworm with itchy rash and lethargy?
Why lethargic?
how diagnose?
Ancylostoma/Necator
Fe deficient anemia
EGGS in stool sample
Whipworm?
Trichuris
Bloody diarrhea, iron deficient anemia, progressing to rectal prolapse and finger clubbing?
Trichuris