Parasitic Amoebas Flashcards

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More easily destroyed than the cyst

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Trophozoite

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Active vegatative form

15-30 u

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Trophozoite

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Ectoplasm of tropozoite is sharply separated from the

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Endoplasm

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Endoplasm of tropozoite sometimes include ____

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RBC

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How many nucleus tropozoite has?

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1

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Location of nucleus of tropozoite?

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Eccenteric

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Single eccenteric nucleus contains a _______ located _______

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Centrally

Karyosome

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Look like of tropozoite

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Finger like pseudopodia

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Tropozoite only has one?

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Nucleus

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What is the shape of the cyst

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Round to oval

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What is the size of cyst?

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10-20 u

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11
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How many days the cyst can surive at 37c

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2days

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12
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Cyst can survive 60 days at what temperature?

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0C

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Cyst has a _____ wall

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Smooth refractile

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Cytoplasm of cyst contains ____ and ____ for nutrition

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Glycogen

Chomotoid bodies

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Immature cyst

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1 or 2 nuclei

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16
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Mature cyst

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Infective

Contains 4 nuclei

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17
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Reproduction of trophozoite

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Binary fission

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Cyst- small intestine enzymes undergo ______ becomes ______

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Exestation

Trophozoite

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19
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Cyst passes through _____

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Stomach

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20
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How many trophozoites in the colon have?

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8

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21
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Cyst formation

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Encystation

Pt. only forms formed stools

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22
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Lesions under microscope, primary.

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Intestinal

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Lesions under microscope, secondary.

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Extra intestinal

Liver

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Colonization of the large intestine
Flask shaped ulcers Wide base and narrow opening Irregular slightly elevated Muscularis propria
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Complications
``` Appendicitis Intestinal perforartion Hemorrhage Stricture Granuloma (chronic) ```
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Belong to a group of protozoans that are motile through cytoplasmic extensions known as pseudopods
Ameba
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Example of amebas
``` Parasitic amebas Entamoeba histolytica E. coli Dispar Hartmanii Gingivalis Nana Butchliii ```
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Entamoeba histolytica causes
Amebiasis Amebic dysentery Amebic hepatitis
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Principal host of E. histolytica
Human beings
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Example of E. H
Cyst | Trophozoite
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Cyst may be seen in
Formed stools
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Trophozoite commonly seen in
Diarrheic stools
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E.H incidence of infection is as high as
0.2 - 50%
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E.H prevalence in homos is as high as
25 - 35%
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Infective stage of organism
Cyst
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Main source of infection
Cyst
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Dissemination from the intestine chiefly by the bloodstream
Hepatic amoebiasis
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The wall of the abscess thickness and the center liquifies becoming a red brown mass of autolysed hepatic cells, rbc, bile, etc.
Hepatic amebiasis
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Extraintestinal
Hepatic amebiasis Pulmonary amebiasis Cerebral amebiasis
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How to diagnose?
Microspcopic identification of the cysts or trophozoites in feces or tissue
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What are components of amebic stools?
Acidic Few neutrophils Degenerated RBCs Positive charcot leyden crytals ( derived from eosinophils )
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Treatment for parasitic amoebas
Metronidazole 750 mg TID for 5-10 days | Iodoquinol 650mg TID, 20 days
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Non pathogenic amoebas
``` Entamoeba coli Entamoeba dispar Entamoeba hartmanii Entamoeba gungivalis Entamoeba nana Iodamoeba butchilii ```
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Prevalence of 10-30 %
E coli
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Life cycle to E H Mistaken for a EH
E coli
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More ganular endoplasm containing ingested bacteria
E coli trophozoite
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Larger with more granular cytoplasm
E coli cyst
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In 1993, proposed as the name for non pathogenic E Histolytica
E dispar
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Originally though to be a " small race" of EH, now considered as a seperate species
E hartmanii
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Narrower ectoplasm
E coli trophozoite
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Slender, splinter like chromatoid bodies neclei with eccenteric karyosome
E coli cyst
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Broader or blunter pseudopodia -
E coli trophozoite
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Identical to E H but does not invade the tissues
E dispar
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Eccenteric karyosome in the nucleus
E coli trophozoite
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More sluggish movement
E coli trophozoite
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Morphology is similar to E histolytica but smaller (12-15u)
E hartmanii
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Most stricking characteristics
E gingivalis
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10-20% prevalence
Endolimax nana
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With prominent karyosine
Endolimax nana
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Identified by the charac nucleus and large glycogen body in the uninucleated cyst
Iodamoeba buthclii
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Small (5-14)
Endolimax nana
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4 nucleus cyst, uninucleated trophozoite
Endolimax nana
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May be stained by iodine due to glycogen
Iodamoeba butchlii
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Blastocystis hominis
Yeast to protozoa | Large number found in feces with severe diarrhea
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Commonly in stool small
Blastocystis hominis
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Tereatment to blastocystis hominis
Metronidazole
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Appear in the feces as spherical cyst like stage large central vacuole with narrow rim of cytoplasm containing nuclei
Blastocystis hominis