Parasites: protozoa Flashcards
1
Q
Entamoeba histolytica, entamoeba dispar
A
I: Amoebiasis: dysenteria, hepatic
abscess
C: - Bloody diarrea (not always)
- Abdominal pain, flatulence, fever
2
Q
Toxoplasma gondii
A
I: Toxoplasmosis
Congenital toxoplasmosis
C: - Lymphadenopathy
- Fever, sore throat, rash
- Immunocompr: organ disease
3
Q
Plasmodium vivax, plasmodium falciparum
A
I: - Malaria tropica (falciparum)
- Malaria tertiana (vivax)
C: - Fever, chills, headache
- Hypotension
- Splenomegaly
Anemia, thrombocytopenia
4
Q
Giardia lamblia
A
Intestinal infection
Clinical presentation
- Smelly diahrrea, flatulence
- Upper abdominal pain, vomiting
- Malnutrition, weight loss
Virulence factors
- Resistant cysts transmitted from host to host
