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stramenopiles taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

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straemeno-piles taxonomy

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class- SAR-eukaryotes

order- straemenopiles

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stramenopiles id

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  • flagella w/ fine hair like projections
  • stamen and pile long narrow shaft giving rise to small number of fine hairs
  • entire structure inserts into cell by basal region
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stamenopiles- diatoms

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lost these hairs

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5
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stamenopiles associated with what

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water molds, brown algae

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blastocystis hominis taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

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blastocystis hominis host

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  • ppl, pigs, mammals
  • chickens, birds
  • amphibians, reptiles
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blastocystis hominis lifecycle

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Thick wall cyst found in human stool -> Infect epithelial cells of digestive tract & multiply asexually -> Vacuolar form makes multivacuolar form -> Precyst -> Thin walled cyst (autoinfection)

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blastocystis hominis dx

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maybe or maybe not symptomatic infection in humans

spectrum from watery d+ -> abd pain -> flatulence

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blastocystis hominis transmission

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  • cysts in stool

- fecal-oral via contaminated food/ water

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blastocystis hominis life cycle fun fact

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not for sure

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pythium insidosum taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

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pythium insidosum growth

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hyphae like growth phases, aseptae, not a fungus

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pythium insidosum host

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  • horse, dog, cat
  • ppl
  • cow, sheep, goat
  • birds and bears
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pythium insidosum flagella

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  • tinsel- anterior flagellum

- whiplast- posterior flagellum

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pythium insidosum life cycle

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  • oogamy sexual process

- biflagellate zoospores in we environment, wet soil, vegetation

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pythium insidosum tx

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  • antifungals dont work well because lack ergosterol in cell membrane (20% therapeutic if used long term)
  • surfical resection and chemo
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18
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pythium insidosum transmission

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  • chemotaxis towards decaying or injured tissue
  • extend highly invasive into host tissue on contact
  • not transmissible between nosts
19
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pythium insidosum seasons

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dont survive winter

20
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pythium insidosum organ effected in who

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  • Cutaneous form more in horses (kunkers, draining fistulas w/ necrotic yellow grey material)
  • GI form more in dogs (vomiting, wt loss, D, abd masses)
21
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pythium insidiosum dx

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  • Lesions on body parts that were in direct contact w/ water that zoospores swam into
  • Mechanical damage, inflamm, edema, degradation, necrosis, arterial occlusion
22
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pythium insidiosum geography

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tropical, subtropical, temperate regions worldwide

23
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entamoeba histolytica taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

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entamoeba histolytica dx

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  • eat rbcs and can penetrate mucosa and cause death

- d+, liver abscess, death

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entamoeba histolytica lifecycle

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  • excystation in si after ingestion then trophozoites migrate to lg intestine, mult then exit host in feces
26
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entamoeba histolytica transmission

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  • cysts and trophozoites passed in feces
27
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entamoeba dispar taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

28
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entamoeba dispar dx

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no disease or death

29
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acanthamoeba taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

30
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acanthamoeba host

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  • humans, dogs, cats
31
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acanthamoeba id

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  • acanthopodia

- pseudopodia w/ sm filamentous protrusions

32
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acanthamoeba transmission

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cyst stage in through nose, eyes, broken skin

33
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acanthamoeba dx

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  • keratitis (can live in contact lens solution)

- granulomatous amebic encephalitis (transported to brain via hematogenous spread)

34
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acanthamoeba found where

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free living in various aquatic environment

35
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balamuthia mandrills taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

36
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balamuthia mandrillaris host

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  • zoo animals

- humans

37
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balamuthia mandrillaris transmission

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cyst stage through nose, eyes, broken skin

38
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balamuthia mandrillaris effects who

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  • healthy individuals mainly the young
39
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balamuthia mandrillaris dx

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  • chronic granulomatous amebic encephalitis in human (chronic, progressive, necrotizing)
  • necrotizing skin lesions
  • fatal
40
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balamuthia mandrillaris found where

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  • south Carolina
  • texas
  • Mexico
  • venezuela
41
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blastocystis hominis tx

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no proven tx infection clears on its own

42
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what was most common thing found in human fectals

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blastocystis

43
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balamuthia mandrillaris taxonomy

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kingdom- protistis
class- sar- eukaryotes
order- straemenopiles

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