Parasitology Flashcards
Definitive Host
Harbors sexual/adult-stage parasite
Members of Subkingdom Protozoa
Sarcodina/Rhizopoda
Ciliophora
Mastigophora
Sporozoa
Sarcodina species (10)
Entamoeba histolytica Entamoeba dispar Entamoeba hartmanni Entamoeba coli Endolimax nana Iodamoeba butschi Entamoeba gingivalis Entamoeba polecki Negleria fowleri Acanthamoeba spp
Identification of E. histolytica
- RBCs in troph
- fingerlike and dendritic pseudopods
- chromatoidal bodies in cyst
- mature cyst with 4 nuclei
presence indicate fecal contam
Non-pathological intestinal amoeba
Amoeba that does not inhabit the intestines
E. gingivalis
Amoeba without cystic stage
E. gingivalis
Charcot-Leyden Granules
Product of eosinophils; present in amebic dysentery caused by E. histolytica
Morphologically identical to E. histolytica except DNA and ribosomal RNA
E. dispar
Most number of nuclei in cystic stage of Amoeba
E. coli
E. nana vs E. histolytica
- E. hustolytica : bull’s eye
- E. nana : cross-eyed
Amoeba with WBCs in vacuoles
E. gingivalis
Uninucleated amoeba
- I. butschii
- E. polecki
Amoebic cyst with no chromatoidal bodies but with large glycogen mass
I. butschii
Causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
Negleria
Causes granulomatius amoebic encephalitis
Acanthamoeba
With 2 forms of troph - (1) amoeboid (2) flagellate
Naegleria fowleri
Amoeba in contact lens care solution
Acanthamoeba
Cultured in BAP flooded with E. coli
Acanthamoeba
Locomotory granules of Mastigophora
Flagella
Pathology of Giargia lamblia
Malabsorption (GL-CP), steatorrhea, Traveller’s diarrhea, Gay bowel’s syndrome
Distinct characteristics of G. lamblia
- cyst with 4 nuclei and retractile cytoplasmic membrane
- troph with 2 big nuclei with sucking disks –> OLD MANS FACE
Distinguishing characteristics of Chilomastix mesnili
- nipple-shaped cyst
- troph with 4 flagella, 1 nucleus, cytostome with spiral groove
Flagellate that can be transmitted by pinworm ova
Dientamoeba fragilis
Trichomonad species
T. hominis
T. vaginalis
T. tenax
Differentiate trichomonads by habitat
T hominis: large intestines
T tenax: mouth
T vaginalis: vagina
Flagellate with no cystic stage
Trichomonas sp
Distinguishing characteristic of trichomonads
Presence of undulating membrane
Arrange trichomonads by SIZE
T tenax < T hominis < T vaginalis
Arrange trichomonads by undulating membrane
T vaginalis < T tenax < T hominis
Culture for trichomonads
- modified Diamond’s
- Feinberg with Whittington’s media
Genus under hemoflagellates
Leishmania, Trypanosoma
Other term for amastigotes
Lishman Donovan body
Describe amastigotes
Ovoid, NM, intracellular
Other term for promastigote
Leptomonal form
Describe promastigote
Elongated, with ant flagella, kinetoplast is ant to nucleus
Crithidial form of flagellates
Epimastigote
Stage with the formation of undulating membrane in hemoflagellates
Epimastigote
Stage where the kinetoplast is near nucleus
Epimastigote
Infective stage of Leishmania
Promastigote
Infective stage of trypanosome
Trymastigote
Leishmania species and their respective habitats and patho
L. tropica
L. braziliensis
L. donovani
- L tropica – skin – baghdad boil (dry lesion)
- L braziliensis – skin and mucous mem – american Leishmania, chiclero ulcer
- L donovani – visceral organs (spleen, BM, liver, nodes) – kala azar fever, dumdum fever, death fever
Vector of Leishmania spp
Sandfly – Phlebotomus spp
Species under Typanosoma brucei complex
T. gambianse and T. rhodesiense
Vector for Trypanosoma brucei complex
Glossina spp (Tse tse fly)
West Africa/Acute trypanosomiasis
Ghambian
East Africa/Chronic trypanosomiasis
Rhodesian
Winterbottom
Lymph invasion of Leishmania spp
Kerandel’s
Invasion of the CNS of Leishmania spp –> coma –> “sleeping sickness”
4/5 Cs of T. cruzi
Chaga's disease C-shaped Cardiac, RES, CNS Chang's Medium Xenodiagnosis Test
Leishmania life cycle
Phlebotomus (Amastigote) –> Man (Amastigote to Promastigote) –> Phlebotomus (Promastigote to Amastigote)
Locomotory granules for Ciliophora
Ciliates
Only medically important ciliate
Balantidium coli
Distinct characteristics of B. coli
parasite of PIGS
Troph secretes HYALURONIDASE –> ulcers with wide neck and rounded base
LARGEST PATHOGENIC INTESTINAL protozoan
Locomotory granules of Sporozoans
No distinct locomotory structure
Sporozoan with affinity to CNS
Toxoplasma gondii
Differentiate tachizoites and bradyzoites
Tachizoite: rapid-dividing troph
Bradyoite: slow-dividing troph
Toxoplasmosis
CNS involvement in immunocompromised
Humans are ____ host for T. gondii
Cats are ____ host for T. gondii
Man: Intermediate host
Cat: Definitive host
What sporozoan causes cholera like + mucous diarrhea ?
Cryptosporidium parvum
What sporozoan causes diarrhea and malabsorption in immunocompromised?
Isospora belli
Species of Malarial parasites (5)
Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium knowlesi
Intermediate and definite hosts of malarial parasites
IH: man (vertebrates)
DH: female anopheles
Vector of malarial parasites to man “available” in the Philippines
A. minimus var flavirostris
Incubation period of malaria
8-40 days
Classical sign of malaria
Paroxym : chills, fever, sweat
Species that can cause malarial relapse
P. vivax and P. ovale
Most common cause of malaria in the PH
P. faciparum
Most common cause of malaria in the world
P. vivax
Resistance to malarial parasites
- Fy(a-b) gene: resistance to P. vivax
- G6PD: resistance to Plasmodium
- Sickle-cell anemia –> HgS –> anti-Plasmodium
- M-N gene: anti-P. falci
RBC infected with P. falci
normal
RBC infected with P. vivax
larger, pale, oval
RBC infected with P. ovale
oval
RBC infected with P. malariae
normal; may be smaller
RBC strippling of P. falci
Maurer’s dots
RBC strippling of P. vivaz
Schuffer’s or James dots
RBC strippling of P. ovale
Schuffer’s or James dots
RBC strippling of P. malariae
Ziemann’s dots
Stages in PBS of P. falci
Ring forms and gametocyte
Stages in PBS of P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae
ALL
Specific malaria caused by P. falci
Malignant tertian
Specific malaria caused by P. vivax
Benign tertian
Specific malaria caused by P. ovale
Tertian