Parasitic of skin, soft tissue, and muscle Flashcards
Leishmaniasis - caused by, vactor, where do these parasites reside?
- Leishmania sp
- bite of sandfly (vector)
- into macrophages - amastagotes inside
cutaneous Leishmaniasis - organisms, clinical apearance? how to get rid of?
- L. major, L. tropica, L. mexicana
- Raised border and depressed in middle, dry, crusty lesion at site –> ulcerates –> scaring
- self limited infection = eventually macrophages activate with inf gamma and destroy inner parasites
- seen in veterans coming back from war
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis - organisms/ clinical presentation? treatment?
- L. braziliensis
- presents as a typical cutaneous lesion. Months to years after resolution of the initial infection, ulcerative lesions develop, typically in the nasal mucosa and septum
- No resolution without chemotherapy
- results in severe disfigurment
resultion of Leishmaniasis is dependent on?
-how to elimiated it?
Treatment:
- cell-mediated immunity
- contol is by eliminating the vector/reservoirs and interrupting transmission
- treat with heavy metal compounds
Onchocerciasis- River Blindness - organism, organism details, transmission? disease details?
- Onchocerca volvulus
- filarial nematode
- transmitted by bite of infected black flies - takes years for worms to develop
- ocular infection = blindness
Onchocerciasis - diagnpsis/ treatment
-skin snip
Ivermectin
M. streptocerca - location
Central Africa
M. perstans - location
North and Central Africa, Caribbean, N.E. region of South America
M. ozzardi - location
Central and South America, Caribbean
Mansonella sp. - transmission, clinical manifestation, reservoir,
- Transmitted by bite of infected midge.
- Non-human primates may serve as reservoirs.
- Most infections are asymptomatic.
- Clinical disease: itching, edema, joint pain
Mansonella sp. - diagnosis
observing microfilaria on stained blood smears or skin snips.
Mansonella sp.- commonly gets into US via
people vacationinng in the carribbean
Dracunculosis- organism, life cycle,
- Dracunculus medinensis
- female will put eggs in a blister –> people bathe the sores in a stream and blister pops –> people drink these –> develop in GI and move into skin after this (takes about 1 year)
Largest tissue dwelling nematode
-Dracunculus medinensis
Dracunculosis- diagnosis / treatment
-Diagnosis – recognition of symptoms, “wash out” microfilariae from ulcer.
-Treatment – wind worm out on a stick.
Break worm – anaphylactic reaction
Cutaneous larva migrans -organism, organism normally infects what? how do huamns get?
- Ancylostoma (Hookworms)
- normally infects dogs/cats – poop it
- larvae penetrate skin of human and cant enter circulation – getstuck in skin
Cutaneous larva migrans - presentation
creeping eruption - the larvae migrate and inflame the skin as they move = serpentine looks
Sarcoptes scabiei - what is it? what does it cause in humans, where does it present?
- Small roundish, eight-legged arthropods
- Mites of birds and animals can occasionally infected man
- superficial dermatitis = scabies
- webs and folds of the skin between fingers
Sarcoptes scabiei - presnetation in humans
- webs and folds of skin
- between fingers spreads to wrists, elbows, and the trunk
- if constantly exposed = alergic reaction .. rash on back and stuff
- intense itching and burning