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What are protozoa?

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One celled animals, single cell with nucleus (eukaryotic)

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Classification by shape: 5 major groups

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Flagellates, Amoebae, Sporozoa, Microsporidia, Cilliates

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Example of flagellate

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African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping bite)

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What are symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis?

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Chancre (painless ulcer), flu-like symptoms, CNS involvement (sleepy, confusion, personality change)

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American Trypanosomiasis “Chagas Disease”

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Spread by triatomine, it defecates, you itch/rub it in, gets into bloodstream.

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Symptoms of Amreican Trypanosomiasis

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Acute: flu-like symptoms

Chronic (can lie dormant and reo-activate): Cardiomyopathy, Megaoesophagus, Megacolon

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Leishmaniasis is spread by…

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the sandfly

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Leishmaniasis can cause 3 different clinical pictures:

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Cutaneous (ulcer at site of bite, scarring)

Mucocutaneous (ulceration and destruction of mucous membranes)

Visceral (replication occurs in spleen, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, anaemia, weight loss, fever)

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Trichomonas vaginalis is s____ transmitted

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sexually

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Symptoms of trichomonas vaginalis

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Dysuria, yellow frothy discharge, fertility issues

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How is trichomonas vaginalis managed?

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Metronidazole and contact tracing

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How is Giardia spread?

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Faeco-orally

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Symptoms of Giardia

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Diarrhoea, cramps, bloating, flatulence, trophozoites/cysts seen in stool

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After having Giardia, can have intolerance to…

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lactose

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What antibiotic is used to treat giardia?

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Metronidazole

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Entamoeba histolytica is spread…

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faeco-orally

17
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Symptoms of amoebiasis

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Dysentry, colitis, liver and lung abscesses

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Cryptosporidiosis is w_____ and causes diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and weight loss

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waterborne

19
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What is seen in stool with cryptosporidiosis?

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Oocytes

20
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Toxoplasmosis is spread by…

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Ingestion of contaminated food and water, feline faeces

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What can toxoplasmosis cause?

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Disseminated disease, toxoplasma encephalitis, chorioretinitis

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What is advised in pregnancy to prevent toxoplasmosis?

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Avoiding raw or cured meats, avoid unpasteurised goats milk products, wear gloves and wash hands or avoid gardening or cleaning cat litter trays

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What is the most common reason for fever on return from travel?

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Malaria

24
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How many species of malaria cause human disease?

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5
(plasmodium…falciparum
ovale, vivax, malariae, knowlesi

25
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How is malaria diagnosed?

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Light microscopy on blood film to see trophozoite.
Thick screen is low resolution but determines presence of malaria.
Thin screen identifies which species.

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Other symptoms of malaria (other than fever)

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Chills, headache, myalgia, fatigue, diarrhoea, vomiting, abdo pain

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Malaria signs

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Anaemia, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, Black water fever (haemoglobin passes into urine so becomes very dark)

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Brief outline of malaria cycle

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Mosquito bites infected human and ingests plasmodium gametocytes.
Develops in midguts , sporozoites in salivary glands.
Injects in next bite
Sprozoites infects hepatocytes.
Develops into schizont, burst and infects RBCs.
Becomes trophozoite.
Develops into a schizont, ruptures and infects another RBC.
Some trophozoites develop into gaetocytes.

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Malaria causes haemolysis causing…

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Anaemia and jaundice from bilirubinaemia

30
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Certain type of malaria, P.falciparum is more complicated due to infected RBCs increased ability to…

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adhere to endothelial cells

31
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Small vessels can become obstructed by clumps of RBCs causing

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hypoxia, microinfacts in brain and lung

32
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Vascular occlusion causes

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drowsiness (systemic hypoglycaemia), raised intracranial pressure, seizures, coma and death.

33
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Anaemia and lacticacidosis can cause t_____ through compensatory mechanisms

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tachypnoea

34
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Increased vascular permeability in lungs causes

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pulmonary oedema

35
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Renal failure can occur due to…

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vascular occlusion, hypoperfusion secondary to dehydration or hypotension, haemolysis creating nephrotoxic products.

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Reduced circulating platelets is due to…

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thrombocytopenia and platelet aggregation

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