Parasitology Flashcards
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Flask shaped colon ulcers
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Amebiasis
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Brownian movement
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Entomoeba histolytica
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Most common extraintestinal form of amoeba
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Amebic liver disease
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Anchovy sauce like aspirate
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Amoebiasis
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Backpacker’s diarrhea
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Giardia lamblia
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Falling leaf motility
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Giardia lamblia
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Excessive flatus, smelling like rotten eggs, steatorrhra
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Giardia lamblia
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Acid fast parasite
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Cryptosporidium parvum
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Pear shaped, flagellated trophozoite
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Pingpong transmission
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Strawberry cervix
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Most important parasitic disease in man
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Plasmodium
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MOT of plasmodium
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Bite of Anopheles flavirostitis minimus
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Seen in patients who completely recover from falciparum malaria
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Premonition
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Malignant tertian fever
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P falciparum
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Benign tertian fever
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P vivax
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Benign quartan fever
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P malariae
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Benign tertian
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P ovale
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Recrudescence is seen in
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P falciparum and malariae
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Relapse is seen in
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P ovale and p vivax
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Used for identification of plasmodium
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Thin smear giemsa stain
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Punctate granulations in RBCs invaded by plasmodium
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Schuffner dots- p ovale and vivax
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Coarse granulations present in RBCs invaded by plasmodium
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Maurer dots- p falciparum
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Fine dots present in RBCs invaded by plasmodium
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Ziemann dots- p malariae
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Durck granulomas
Cerebral malaria
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Severe complication of p falciparum malaria characterized by intravascular hemolysis, massive hemoglobinuria and acute renal failure
Blackwater fever
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Septic shock in malaria
Algid malaria
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Preferred diagnostic test for toxoplasmosis
IgM antibody
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Ring enhancing lesions of CT scan
Encephalitis- toxoplasmosis
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Intracranial calcifications
Congenital toxoplasmosis
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T cruzi is transmitted by
Reduviid bug
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Most commonly affected muscle in chagas
Cardiac
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Unilateral periorbital edema
Romana's sign- acute Chagas disease
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Nodule near bite
Chagoma- acute chagas
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Remarkable antigenic variation
Trypanosoma brucei
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MoT for trypanosoma
Tsetse fly(glossina)
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Sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei
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Enlargement of posterior cervical LN
Winterbottom's sign- Trypanosoma brucei
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Hyperesthesia in Trypanosoma brucei infxn
Kerandel's sign
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Plasma cells with cytoplasmic Ig globules
Mott cells- Trypanosoma brucei
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Algal blooms cause red tide
Dinoflagellates
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Most common cause of red tide in the PH
Pyrodinium Bahamanse var Compressum
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Facial paresthesia, total paralysis, respiratory failure
Paralytic syndrome- saxitoxin -Dinoflagellates
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Facial paresthesia, slurred speech, ataxia, diarrhea
Neurotoxic syndrome- brevetoxin- Dinoflagellates
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Toxin for diarrhetic syndrome
Okadaic acid
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Diarrhea, short term memory loss, seizures
Amnesic syndrome- domoic acid- Dinoflagellates
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Granulomatous amebic encephalitis
Acanthamoeba castellanii
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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis
Nargletia fowleri
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Swimming in contaminated pools
Naeglaria fowleri
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Only ciliated protozoan to cause human disease
Balantidial dysentery
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Round based, wide necked intestinal ulcers
Balantidium coli
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Ixodes tick
Babesia microti
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Maltese cross
Babesiosis
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Sandfly(phlebotomus)
Leishmaniasis
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Causes diarrhea in IC patients
Cyclospora cayetanensis and isospora belli
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Cyst rupture can lead to life threatening anaphylaxis
Echinococcus granulosus
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Honeycomb vesicles
Echinococcus multilocularis
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Foxes
Echinococcus multilocularis
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Most common tapeworm in developed countries
Hymenolepsis nana
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Dwarf tapeworm
Hymenolepsis nana
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Rat tapeworm
Hymenolepsis diminuta
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Most common tapeworm of dogs and cats
Dipylidium caninum
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Intermediate host of schistosoma japanicum
Oncomelania hupensis quadrais
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Diagnosis of schistosoma japonicum
Kato katz technique, circumoval precipitin test
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Swimmer's itch
Schistosoma japonicum
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Katayama fever
Schistosoma japonicum
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Intermediate hosts for paragonimus westermani
Snail, mountain crab
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Diagnosis for paragonimus westermani
3% NaOH
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Ring shadow opacity
Paragonimus westermani
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Melon like ridges
Clonorchis sinensis
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Clonorchis sinensis
Klatskin tumor - cholangiocarcinoma
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Watercress
Fasciola hepatica
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Obstructive jaundice and painful pharyngitis
Halzuon - Fasciola hepatica
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Worm intoxication
Fasciolopsis buski
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Mimics peptic ulcer disease
Heterophyes heterophyes
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Most common and largest intestinal nematode
Ascaris lumbricoides
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Loeffler's syndrome
Ascaris (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
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Cutaneous larva migrans
Necator and ancylosyoma
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Whipworm
Trichuris trichura
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Chinese lantern/ barrel shaped eggs with bipolar plugs
Trichuris trichura
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Rectal prolapae
Trichuris trichura
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Pinworm; seatworm
Enterobius vermicularis
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Most common STH in developed countries
Enterobius vermocularis
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Graham's Scotch tape technique
Enterobius vermocularis (D shaped eggs)
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Diagnosis of strongyloides
Harada mori culture
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Only nematode whose life cycle invloves a migratory bird
Capillaria philipinensis
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Peanut shaped eggs with flattened bipolar plugs
Capillaria philipinensis
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Borborygmus
Capillaria philipinensis
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Protein losing enteropathy
Capillaria philipinensis
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Most debilitating nematode infection
Wuchereria and brugia
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Farmer from abaca
Wuchereria/brugia
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Nocturnal periodicity
Wuchereria/brugis
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Meyer's Kouvenaar bodies
Wuchereria/Brugia
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Chyluria
Wuchereria/Brugia
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Nurse cell
Trichinelle spiralis
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Hemorrhagic phenomena
Trichinella spiralis
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Female blackfly
Onchocerca volvulus
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Dermal nodules, hanging groin, lizard skin, river blindness
Onchocerca volvulus
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Mazzoti rxn
Onchocerca volvulus
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Deer or mango fly
Loa loa
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Calabar swelling
Loa loa
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Worm crawling across the conjunctiva
Loa loa
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Serpents of israelites
Dracunculus medinensis
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Live worm in skin ulcer
Dracunculus medinensis
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Doc ascaris
Toxocara canis
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Most common cause of parasitic meningitis
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
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Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
Anisakis simplex
