PARASITOLOGY Flashcards
Plasmodium Asexual life cycle consists of ____
shizogony and gametogony
- has two elongated sucking grooves for attachment
- have operculated eggs
- intermediate hosts: fish and copepods

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
Treatment for MALARIA depending on clinical setting

Potassium permanganate stain is used for diagnosis
Clonorchis sinensis
Ovoid with melon-like ridges and abopercular protuberance

- Lives inside the body of the host
- Presence in host connotes INFECTION
Endoparasite
o chronic watery diarrhea
o edema, wasting
o protein-losing enteropathy
o hypogammaglobulinemia
CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
DOC for Filariasis
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
AMERICAN trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
DOC for Naegleria fowleri
Amphotericin B
• intraerythrocytic ring-shaped trophozoites in tetrads in the form of a Maltese cross
BABESIA MICROTI

Differentiate T. brucei gambiense vs rhodesiense

DOC for schistosomiasis
• Praziquantel
• Guinea fire worm
- transmitted when copepods are swallowed in water
- clinical findings:
- pruritic painful papule
- live worm in skin ulcer
Dracunculus medinensis
dormant stage (hypnozoites) is observed in what species of Plasmodium?
P. vivax and P. ovale
- acute adenolymphangitis
- expatriate syndrome
- hydrocoele
- elephantiasis
- milky urine (chyluria)
FILARIASIS
Infected individual is further infected with same species leading to massive infection (e.g. Ascaris, Entamoeba)
Hyper infection or Superinfection
- Mild disease
- fever, muscle pain, periorbital edema, eosinophilia and hemorrhagic phenomena (subconjunctival, splinter)
- Severe disease
- myocarditis, encephalitis, pneumonia, respiratory myositis
TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS
allowing an uninfected, laboratory-raised reduviid bug to feed on the patient
xenodiagnosis
nodule near bite (chagoma) is seen in
Acute Chagas’ disease
facilitate attachment of giardia lamblia to avoid peristalsis
adhesive disc and lectin
- African eye worm
- transmitted by deer fly or mango fly (Chryops)
- characterized by
- subcutaneous edema (calabar swellings)
- worm crawling across the conjunctiva
DOC: DEC
Loa loa
- transmitted in undercooked seafoods
- eosinophilic meningitis
• MCC of parasitic meningitis
Angiostronglyus cantonensis
causes megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
May exist in a free-living state but becomes parasitic when the need arises
Facultative Parasite
Cerebral malaria
P. falciparum
“old man with eyeglasses”

Giardia lamblia
tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
- small epithelioid granulomas (Meyers-Kouwenaar bodies), composed of aggregates of microfilariae surrounded by acidophilic hyaline material

FILARIASIS
ARTHROPODS OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE

in ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS infection, HUMANS are the ____________ host
ACCIDENTAL INTERMEDIATE HOSTS
(Dogs are the definitive hosts)
DOC for Leishmaniasis
Sodium stibogluconate (Pentavalent antimonial; antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb (from Latin: stibium) and atomic number 51)
• presence of eggs cause granuloma formation
o liver granulomas lead to presinusoidal obstruction, hepatomegaly and portal hypertension
• evade host defenses by coating themselves with host antigens
Schistosomiasis
• swallowing a weighted piece of string → trophozoites adhere to the string and can be visualized after withdrawal
String test
(Giardia Lamblia)
indurated skin ulcer (trypanosomal chancre) is seen in ____

T. brucei
plasmodium Sexual life cycle involves ___
Sporogony (in mosquitoes)
LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: Sorsogon, Samar, Leyte, Palawan,
BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS
Diagnostic Stage of Malaria
trophozoites
(ring forms)
In the acute form, a cyclical fever spike (approx. every 2 weeks) occurs that is related to antigenic variation
T. brucei infection
Malaria prophylaxis

DOC for Enterobius (Pinworm)
Pyrantel pamoate
• most common tapeworm of dogs and cats
- Transmission: ingestion of dog or cat fleas carrying cysticerci
- Diagnosis: “barrel-shaped” proglottids in stools
- Drug-of-choice: NICLOSAMIDE
Dipylidium caninum

drug of choice for ascariasis
ALbendazole
DOC for Paragonimus
Praziquantel
return of a disease after its apparent cessation (1-6 mos) due to reactivation of hypnozoites (RELAPSE) is seen in ____
P. ovale and P. vivax
- Asian liver flukes
- hermaphrodite
- intermediate hosts
o Snail (Parafossarulus)
o Fish (Cyprinidae)
o Clonorchis sinensis
o Opistorchis viverrini
DOC for TRICHURIS TRICHIURA
Mebendazole
- itching and dermatitis (swimmer’s itch)
-
Katayama fever
- systemic hypersensitivity, resembling serum sickness
Schistosomiasis
DOC for CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM infection
Nitazoxanide
Diagnostic stage of T. brucei
trypomastigotes in blood
Diagnostic stage of ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
hydatid cysts

- E. histolytica stage that predominates in non-diarrheal stools
- smaller than Entamoeba coli
- has four nuclei (Entamoeba coli has 8)
Cyst
Vector of Leishmaniasis
sandfly (Phlebotomus)

in neurocysticercosis, humans are the ______ host
ACCIDENTAL INTERMEDIATE HOST
(harbors the larval stage - cysticerci)
Associated with abortion, stillbirth, or neonatal disease with hydrocephalus, encephalitis, chorioretinitis and hepatosplenomegaly, intracranial calcifications
Congenital Toxoplasmosis
*image of chorioretinitis

chest x-ray: ring-shadowed opacity
Paragonimiasis
DIAGNOSTIC STAGE of T. cruzi
trypomastigotes in blood
most frequently and severely affected tissue of T. cruzi
cardiac muscle
Maurer Dots
(coarse granulations present in red blood cells)
P. falciparum
IS to both T. solium and T. saginata
Cysticerci
Oval. Small lateral spine is often seen or may appear as a small hook or “knob” located in a depression in the shell.
S. japonicum

cause diarrhea in immunocompromised patients
CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS & ISOSPORA BELLI
LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: Eastern Samar, Agusan del Sur, Palawan, Sulu
MALAYAN FILARIASIS
embryonated eggs can cause autoinfection and hyperinfectiono; leads to ulcerative and compressive degeneration of enterocytes, resulting in severe malabsorption
CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
New World hookworm
Necator americanus
* with semilunar cutting plates (Ne-cut-tor!)

can cause rectal prolapse: from increased peristalsis expel the worms
Trichuris
• Rat tapeworm
- Transmission: ingestion of RAT FLEA cysticercoid larvae
- Accidental parasite
Hymenolepsis diminuta
infects young RBCs
P. vivax, P. ovale
Only nematode whose life cycle involves a migratory bird
CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
Schuffner Dots
(punctate granulations present in red blood cells)
P. ovale and P. vivax
- In females: watery, foul-smelling, greenish vaginal discharge accompanied by itching and burning; strawberry cervix
- In males: frequently asymptomatic; occasionally, urethritis, epididymitis, and prostatitis can occur.
Trichomoniasis
Parasite attains sexual maturity
Definitive or Final Host
- only ciliated protozoan to cause human disease
- Pigs are the main reservoir → diarrhea among slaughter house worker
- Diagnosis is made by finding large ciliated trophozoites or large cyst with a characteristic V-shaped nucleus in the stool
- round-based, wide-necked intestinal intestinal ulcers
BALANTIDIUM COLI

Graham scotch tape technique: D-shaped eggs

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS
Elongated with rounded anterior end and terminal spine at posterior end. Found in urine, occasionally in feces. Egg often covered with debris.

S. haematobium
IS of CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
Infective larvae
Harbors the asexual or larval stage
Intermediate Host
IS of schistosomiasis
cercariae
DOC for trichinella
Thiabendazole
Mazzotti reaction: Accentuation of keratitis with antifilarial treatment
ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS
The Mazzotti reaction is a symptom complex seen in patients after undergoing treatment of onchocerciasis with the medication diethylcarbamazine (DEC). This is due to Inflammatory reaction to lysis of the worms. Mazzotti reactions can be life- threatening and are characterized by fever, urticaria, swollen and tender lymph nodes, tachycardia, hypotension, arthralgias, edema and abdominal pain that occurs within 7 days of treatment of microfiliriasis.
Romaña sign is seen in ___

Acute Chagas’ disease
IS of STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
• filariform larvae
Kala-azar
Visceral Leishmaniasis
(L. donovani)
DOC for Giardiasis
Metronidazole
Malarial drug that kill parasitic forms only in the erythrocyte
Blood Schizonticides
(EXAMPLES: chloroquine, quinine)
falling leaf motility
GIARDIA LAMBLIA
Exists only as a TROPHOZOITE
Trichmonas vaginalis
Malaria: Recrudescence
*recurrence of symptoms after a temporary abatement (2-4 weeks)
P. falciparum and P. malariae
Vector of TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI
tsetse fly (Glossina)

Diagnostic Stage of Ascaris
unembryonated egg
deep hyperesthesia (Kerandel sign) is seen in ___
T. brucei
intermediate host of schistosoma
Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi
whipworm
Trichuris trichiura
• Areas of Endemicity
o Sorsogon, Samar, Leyte, Oriental Mindoro, Bohol, all of Mindanao EXCEPT Misamis Oriental
Schistosomiasis
DOC for Toxoplasmosis
Sulfadiazine plus pyrimethamine
Definitive Host for Plasmodium
Mosquito
INFECTIVE STAGE of T. cruzi
metacyclic trypomastigotes
DOC for T. cruzi infection
Nifurtimox
- free-living ameba
- acquired while swimming in contaminated pools
• Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis
• occurs in otherwise healthy persons Trophozoites can penetrate the nasal mucosa and cribriform plate
NAEGLERIA FOWLERI
Virulence Factors for E. histolytica
- lectin mediates adherence
- amebapores for penetration
- cysteine proteases for cytopathic effect
kill schizonts in the liver
Tissue Schizonticides
(EXAMPLE: primaquine)
utilizes Harada-Mori culture - method of incubating fecal material on a filter paper strip in a test tube containing water (cover one-third of the length of the paper strip) for the purpose of culturing and recovering nematode larvae
Strongyloides stercoralis, hookworm
Kato-katz technique: barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar plugs
* football or Chinese lantern-shaped

TRICHURIS TRICHIURA
_________ is more frequently found in the superior mesenteric veins draining the small intestine
_________ occurs more often in the inferior mesenteric veins draining the large intestine
S. japonicum
S. mansoni
Luminal Amebicides
o act only in the lumen of the bowel
o EXAMPLES: diloxanide furoate, iodoquinol, paromomycin
Tissue Amebicides
o act on organisms in the bowel wall and the liver
o EXAMPLES: chloroquine, emetines, metronidazole, tinidazole
IS of all flukes except schistosomiasis
metacercariae
worms with a LUNG MIGRATION phase
- Ascaris
- Hookworms
- Strongyloides
*hypersensitivity pneumonitis (Loeffler syndrome)
Differentiate Wuchereria vs Brugia


• Dwarf tapeworm
• most frequently found tapeworm in developed countries
- Ingestion of cysticercoid larvae from infected rice or flour beetles
- eggs are directly infectious for humans
- eggs either pass in the stool or can reinfect the small intestine (autoinfection)
- Eggs: 8-10 polar filaments and sixhooked larva
- Treatment: PRAZIQUANTEL
Hymenolepsis nana
heterophil-negative mononucleosis
Toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent
- composed of a scolex and only three proglottids
- one of the smallest tapeworms
- intermediate hosts: sheep/man
- definitive host: dog
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
diagnosis of scabies should be confirmed by identifying
mite or mite eggs or fecal matter (scybala)

kills gametocytes in human blood
Gametocides
(EXAMPLES: primaquine)
diagnosis is via muscle biopsy
TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS
* disseminate hematogenously to striated skeletal muscle
*encysted within a host-derived cell (nurse cell)

• Chronic disease
o serpiginous track (larva currens)
o duodenitis
o paradoxical asthma
o hyperinfection syndrome
STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
- Definitive hosts: FOXES
- Intermediate host: RODENTS
- Transmission: accidental ingestion of food contaminated with fox feces
- larvae form multiloculated cysts (honeycomb vesicles)
- Treatment: ALBENDAZOLE; surgical cyst removal
Echinococcus multilocularis
prevent sporogony and multiplication in the mosquito
Sporonticides
(EXAMPLES: proguanil, pyrimethamine)
Plasmodium that infects ALL stages of RBC
P. falciparum
Parasite does not develop further to later stages
Paratenic Host
Diagnostic Stage of Toxoplasma gondii
trophozoite (bradyzoites)
most debilitating nematode infection
WUCHERERIA AND BRUGIA
Manifests as:
o microcytic anemia
o hypoalbuminemia
Chronic hookworm infection

TREATMENT OF AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS
“WePE”
“EaSM”

Infective stage of T. brucei
metacyclic trypomastigotes
o myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy with apical atrophy
o megacolon, megaesophagus (secondary achalasia)
o Death is usually due to cardiac arrhythmias or congestive heart failure
Chronic Trypanosomiasis
WEST african sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
“Mnemonics: WeGER (WEST = GAMBIENSE, EAST = RHODESIENSE)”
• Need a host at some stage of their life cycle to complete development and propagation
Obligate Parasite
Vector of BABESIA MICROTI
Ixodes tick

INFECTIVE STAGE of DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
plerocercoid larvae
- Lives outside the body of the host
- Presence in host connotes INFESTATION
Ectoparasite
Plasmodium that infects old RBCs
P. malariae
Plasmodium infective stage to mosquito
Gametocytes
undergoes parthenogenesis
STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
banana-shaped gametocyte
P. falciparum
• lung fluke
- hermaphrodite
- intermediate hosts
o snail (Antemelonia asperata)
o mountain crab (Sundathelphusa philippina)
PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI
DS of STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
• rhabditiform larvae
causes hyperinfection in immunocompromised patient
STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
Old World hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
* with teeth

o most common extraintestinal form
o Usually in the posterosuperior aspect of the right lobe. This is according to majority of references. But according to Schwartz, it is the superior-anterior aspect.
o anchovy sauce-like aspirate
amebic liver abscess
Elongated with prominent lateral spine near posterior end. Anterior end tapered and slightly curved.

S. mansoni
Leading cause of preventable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa
ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS
Associated with cholangiocarcinoma
CLONORCHIS SINENSIS
Characteristic appearance of T. gondii in the Microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained preparations
crescent-shaped trophozoites

DOC of DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
Praziquantel
Vector of ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS
female blackfly (Simulium)

“unholy trinity”
Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworms
- E. histolytica stage found in diarrheal stools and within the intestinal and extraintestinal lesions
- characteristically contain ingested red blood cells (erythrophagocytosis) → hematophagous
- nucleus has a small central nucleolus and fine chromatin granules along the border of the nuclear membrane
Trophozoite
Infective stage in neurocysticercosis (T. solium)
EGGS
Infective stage of hooksworms
filariform larvae
which member of the unholy triad does NOT present with pulmonary symptoms?
TRICHURIS TRICHIURA
transmitted by reduviid bug (Triatoma) bite

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
S. japonicum is more frequently found in _____
superior mesenteric veins
DOC for STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
• Ivermectin
Test used for the diagnosis of acute and congenital infections of T. gondii
immune fluorescence assay for IgM antibody
most common disease associated with Acanthamoeba infection
Keratitis (contact lens infection)
Embryonation of Ascaris egg happens where?
Soil
Plasmodium infecfective stage to humans
Sporozoites (from the mosquito)
DOC of CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
Albendazole
IS of ascaris
Embryonated Egg
plasma cells with cytoplasmic immunoglobulin globules (Morula cells of Mott) is seen in _____

T. brucei
True or false. Trichinella releases larvae and not eggs.
TRUE
Trichinella is viviparous. The females release larvae that migrate to striated muscles where they encyst .
leading cause of CHF in Latin America
Chronic Trypanosomiasis
causes borborygmus
CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
Utilizes Circumoval precipitin test for diagnosis
Schistosoma
serpiginous tracks (cutaneous larva migrans) is seen in ____

Hookworm infection
*ground itch at site of entry
peanut-shaped eggs with flattened bipolar plugs

Capillaria philippinensis
DS of CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
unembryonated egg
enlargement of the posterior cervical LN (Winterbottom sign)
T. brucei

o dermal nodules
o hanging groin
o lizard skin
o river blindness
ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS
Ziemann Dots
(fine dots present in red blood cells)
P. malariae
ring enhancing lesions caused by T. gondii is seen in
Immunocompromised

o mass-like lesion in abdomen associated with dysentery
o granulomatous lesion that may form in the cecal or rectosigmoid areas
Ameboma

DIagnosis of Filariasis
- Thick blood smear
- Curved or kinky microfilariae
- Specimen collection best done at night between 8 PM and 4 AM
- nocturnal periodicity
- DEC provocation test
Intermediate Host of Plasmodium
Humans
DOC for Asymptomatic Intestinal infection for Amebiasis
Diloxanide Furoate
Allow life cycle to continue and become additional sources of human infection
Reservoir Host