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Parasitology Flashcards

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Protozoa - GI infections

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  • Giardia lamblia
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Cryptosporidium
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Protozoa - CNS infections

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  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Naegleria fowleri
  • Trypanosoma brucei
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Protozoa - Hematologic infections

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  • Plasmodium
    • P. vivax/ovale
    • P. falciparum
    • P. malariae
  • Babesia
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Protozoa - Visceral infections

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  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • Leishmania donovani
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Protozoa - STDs

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Nematodes - intestinal

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  • Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
  • Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
  • Strongyloides stercoralis
  • Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hookworms)
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Nematodes - tissue

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  • Onchocerca volvulus
  • Loa loa
  • Wuchereria bancrofti
  • Toxocara canis
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Ingested nematodes

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You’ll get sick if you EAT these!

  • Enterobius
  • Ascaris
  • Toxocara
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Cutaneous nematodes

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These get into your feet from the SANd

  • Strongyloides
  • Ancylostoma
  • Necator
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Nematodes that bite

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Lay LOW to avoid getting bitten

  • Loa loa
  • Onchocerca volvulus
  • Wuchereria bancrofti
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Cestodes (tapeworms)

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  • Taenia solium
  • Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Echinococcus granulosus
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Trematodes (flukes)

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  • Schistosoma
  • Clonorchis sinesis
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biliary tract disease

cholangiocarcinoma

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Clonorchis sinesis

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brain cysts, seizures

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Taenia solium (cysticercosis)

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hematuria, bladder cancer

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Schistosoma haematobium

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liver (hydatid) cysts

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Echinococcus granulosus

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microcytic anemia

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Ancylostoma, Necator

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perianal pruritis

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Enterobius

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portal HTN

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Schistosoma mansoni

Schistosoma japonicum

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vitamin B12 deficiency

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Giardiasis

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*Giardia lamblia *

  • bloating, flatulence, foul-smelling, fatty diarrhea
  • campers/hikers
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Amebiasis

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*Entamoeba histolytica *

  • bloody diarrhea (dysentery)
  • liver abscess (“anchovy paste” exudate)
  • RUQ pain (flank-shaped ulcer w/ colon rupture)
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clinical disease of cryptosporidium

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severe diarrhea in AIDS

mild disease (watery diarrhea) in immunocompetent

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classic triad of congenital toxoplasmosis

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  • chorioretinitis
  • hydrocephalus
  • intracranial calcifications
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brain abscess in HIV

ring-enhancing brain lesions on CT/MRI

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Toxoplasma gondii

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clinical disease of Naegleria fowleri

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rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis

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African sleeping sickness

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*Trypanosoma bruceii *

  • enlarged lymph nodes
  • recurring fever
  • somnolence
  • coma
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swimming in freshwater lakes

enters via cribriform plate

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Naegleria fowleri

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clinical subtypes of Plasmodium

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  • Malaria
  • P. vivax/ovale
  • P. falciparum
  • P. malariae
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malaria

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  • fever
  • headache
  • anemia
  • splenomegaly
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P. falciparum

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  • severe
  • irregular fever patterns
  • parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in brain (cerebral malaria), kidneys, lungs
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Plasmodium

  • 48 hr cycle
  • 72 hr cycle
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  • 48 hr cycle = P. vivax/ovale
  • 72 hr cycle = P. malariae
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ring form, “Maltese cross”

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Babesia

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Babesiosis

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  • fever
  • hemolytic anemia
  • Northeastern US
  • increased risk: asplenia
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Chagas disease

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*Trypanosoma cruzi *

  • dilated cardiomyopathy
  • megacolon
  • megaesophagus
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Reduviid bug (“kissing bug”) feces

deposited in painless bite

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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Visceral Leishmaniasis

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*Leishmania donovani *

  • spiking fevers
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • pancytopenia
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MΦ containing amastigotes

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Leishmania donovani

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Vaginitis

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*Trichomonas vaginalis *

  • foul-smelling
  • greenish discharge
  • itching & burning
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Trichomonas vaginalis transmission? why?

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sexual transmission

can’t form outside human b/c can’t form cysts

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“strawberry cervix”

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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anal pruritis

Scotch Tape Test

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Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)

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clinical disease of Strongyloides stercoralis

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  • vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • epigastric pain
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anemia – suck blood from intestinal walls

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Ancylostoma duodenale

Necator americanus

(hookworms)

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hyperpigmented skin

river blindness

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Onchocerca volvulus

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swelling in skin

worm in conjunctiva

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Loa loa

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blocks lymphatic vessels

elephantiasis

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Wuchereria bancrofti

48
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visceral larva migrans

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Toxocara canis

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cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis

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Taenia solium

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vitamin B12 deficiency

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Diphyllobothrium latum

tapeworm competes for B12 in intestine –> anemia

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hydatid cysts in liver

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Echinococcus granulosus

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liver & spleen granulomas, fibrosis, inflammation

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Schistosoma

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chronic Schistosoma infection

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SCC of the bladder

painless hematuria

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clinical disease of Clonorchis sinensis

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biliary tract inflammation –> pigmented gallstones

Cholangiocarcinoma

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  • painful bite
  • painless bite
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  • Trypanosoma bruceii
  • Trypanosoma cruzi

First Aid: Microbiology (13 decks)

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