Parasitology Flashcards
4 groups of protozoa
Sarcodina (amebas)
Sporozoans
Mastigophora (flagellates)
Ciliates
Metazoa 2 Phyla
Nemathelminthes (Round worms)
Platyhelminthes (Flat worms)
Platyhelminthes
Trematoda
Cestoda
Amoeba
E histolytica
E coli
Endolimax nana
Iodamoeba buetschlii
Amebic dysentery
Liver abscess
Motile amoeba
Forms cysts with 4 nuclei
E coli = 8 nuclei
E histolytica
Cyst -> humans -> trophozoites in small intestines ->colon -> cysts -> stool
E hystolitica
E histolytica transmission
Fecal oral
E histolytica trophozoites invade
colon (submucosa teardrop or flask shaped ulcers) -> bloody stools
Reaches portal blood circulation -> liver abscess R lobe -> spreads through diaphragm to lungs
Amebic abscess of the brain
E histolytica
E histolytica loves this part of liver
R posteroinferior lobe
E histolytica dx
Trophozoites
Cysts in stool *
Indirect hemagluttination
E histolytica
Tx
Metronidazole
Iodoquinol
Amoeba life cycle
Non invasive colonization R side of colon (Amoebic colitis) Extraintestinal liver (Amoebic liver abscess) Brain Stool exam cyst
Infective stage of E histolytica
Cyst mature 4 nuclei
Amoebic liver abscess
Anchovy paste
Ingested RBC
Bull’s eye karyosome
Cigar shaped chromatoidal body
E hystolitica
Whisk broom
Chromatoidal body
Entamoeba coli