Protozoa Flashcards
Tissue invading intestinal protozoa
Entamoeba Histolytica
Protozoan stage in liquid feces; motile stage
Trophozoite stage
Protozoan stage likely to be recovered in formed feces; immotile form
Cyst
Infective stage of E.histolytica
Quadrinucleated cyst
Species of amoeba with large glycogen mass
Iodamoeba butschlii
Species of amoeba likely to ingest RBC in its cytoplasm
Entamoeba histolytica
Protozoan parasite with cats/feline as definitive host
Toxoplasma gondii
Infective stage of plasmodium to man
Sporozoites
Infective stage of Plasmodium to vector
Gametocytes
Female: Macro gametocytes
Male: Micro gametocytes
Maurer’s dots, aplique accole forms with BANANA SHAPED🍌, crescent shaped gametocytes
Plasmodium falciparum
ROSETTE merozoites, band form trophozoite
Plasmodium malariae
Schuffner’s granules, amoeboid trophozoite
Plasmodium vivax
Species of amoeba with sluggish non-directed motility
Entamoeba coli
Intestinal flagellate exhibiting kite-like🪁 or falling leaf like motility
Giardia lambia
Intestinal protozoa with directional tumbling motility
Balantidium coli