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1
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Produces cytopathic effect of E. Histolytica

A

Cysteine proteases

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2
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Mediates adherence of entamoeba

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Lectin

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3
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Flask shaped colon ulcers

Dysentery without fever

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Amebic colitis

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4
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Most common extraintestinal form of entamoeba

Anchovy sauce aspirate

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Amebic liver abscess

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5
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Ttt for cyst carrier state of entamoeba

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Diloxanide furoate

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6
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Luminal agents for entamoeba

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Diloxanide furoate
Iodoquinol
Paromomycin

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7
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Falling leaf motility

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Giardia lamblia

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8
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Variant surface protein

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Giardia lamblia

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9
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Villous flattening, disruption of cytoskeleton Ultimately leads to enterocyte apoptosis

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Giardia

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10
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Excessive flatus
Foul smelling diarrhea
Chronic: steatorrhea

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Giardia

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11
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Acid fast parasite autoinfection in IS pts, self limited nonbloody diarrhea

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Cryptosporidium parvum

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12
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Ttt for crytosporidium

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Nitazoxanide

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13
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Infective and diagnostic stage of cryptosporidium

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Thick walled oocysts

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14
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Pear shaped flagellated trophozoites

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Trichimonas vaginalis

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15
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Greenish vaginal discharge

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Trichomoniasis

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16
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Strawberry cervix
Ectocervicitis
Punctate hemorrhage

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Trichomoniasis

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17
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Ttt for trichomoniasis

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Metronidazole 2 g

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18
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Transmitted thru anopheles

A

Plasmodium

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19
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Infective stage of plasmodium

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Sporozoites

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20
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Diagnostic stage of plasmodium

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Trophozoites (ring forms)

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21
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Provides immunity to malaria

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RBC defects

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22
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Banana shaped gametocyte

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P. falciparum

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23
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Large round gametocyte

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P. vivax

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24
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Recurrence of symptoms after temp abatement 2-4 weeks

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Recrudescence

Falciparum, malariae

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25
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Return of disease after cessation, reactivation of hypnozoites (1-6 months)

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Relapse

Vivax, ovale

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26
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Benign quartan

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P. malariae

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27
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Malignant tertian

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P. falciparum

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28
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Highest yield in blood samples for plasmodium

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During fever or 2-3 hrs after peak

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29
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Punctate granulations in RBC

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Schuffner - ovale, vivax

30
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Coarse granulations in RBC

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Maurer - falciparum

31
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Fine granulations in RBC

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Ziemann - malariae

32
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Malarial or durck granulomas

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Cerebral malaria

33
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Intravascular hemolysis
Massive hemoglobinuria
ARF

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Blackwater fever

P. falciparum

34
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Septic shock due to plasmodium

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Algid malaria

35
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Endemic areas for plasmodium

A

Palawan
Kalinga apayao
Ifugao
Agusan del sur

36
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Areas with Chloroquine resistant malaria

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Palawan
Davao del norte
Compostela valley

37
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Tissue schizonticide (liver) and gametocide (blood)

A

Primaquine

38
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Blood schizonticide

A

Chloroquine

Quinine

39
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Sporonticide in mosquito

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Proguanil

Pyrimethamine

40
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Ttt for Chloroquine resistant malariae

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Mefloquine + doxycycline

41
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Eradication of hypnozoites

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Primaquine

42
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Severe or pregnant

A

Chloroquine or quinine

43
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Vivax and ovale ttt

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Chloroquine + primaquine

44
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Prophylaxis for plasmodium

A

Chloroquine

45
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Prophylactic for areas with chloroquine resistance

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Malarone

Mefloquine

46
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Prophylaxis for MDR resistant falciparum

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Doxycycline

47
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Definitive host: domestic cat

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Toxoplasma gondii

48
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Preferred dx test for toxoplasmosis

A

IgM antibody

49
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Intracranial calcifications

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Congenital toxoplasmosis

50
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Ttt for toxoplasmosis

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Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine

51
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Transmitted by reduviid bug (triatoma)

A

Trypanosoma cruzi

52
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Most often and severely affected tissue by t. Cruzi

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Cardiac muscle

53
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Periorbital edema in acute chagas dse

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Romana’s sign

54
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Ttt of chagas dse

A

Nifurtimox

55
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Dx stage of t. Cruzi and t. Bruceii

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Trypomastigotes in blood

56
Q

Transmission by tsetse fly (glossina) bite

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Trypanosoma brucei

57
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Remarkable antigenic variation

Cyclical fever spike every 2 weeks

A

Trypanosoma bruceii

58
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Enlargement of post cervical LN

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Winterbottom’s sign

T. Bruceii

59
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Hyperesthesia in t. Bruceii

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Kerandel’s sign

60
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Plasma cells with cytoplasmic immunoglobulin globules

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Mott cells in t. Bruceii encephalitis

61
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Ttt for t. Bruceii

A

Suramin

Melarsoprol

62
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Transmission by bivalve molluscs and fish from red tide

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Dinoflagellates

63
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Granulomatous amebic encephalitis

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Acanthamoeba castellani

64
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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

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Naegleria fowleri

65
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Only ciliated protozoan to cause human dse - dysentery

Round based wide neck intestinal ulcers

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Balantidium coli

66
Q

Transmitted by ixodes tick

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Babesia microti

67
Q

Transmitted by sandfly

Infective promastigotes

A

Leishmania spp

68
Q

Ttt for leishmaniasis

A

Na stibogluconate (antimony)

69
Q 
Shellfish poisoning
Paralytic
Neurotoxic
Diarrhetic
Amnesic
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Shellfish poisoning
Paralytic: saxitoxin
Neurotoxic: brevetoxin
Diarrhetic: okadaic
Amnesic: domoic
70
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Dx stage entamoeba

A

Trophozoites

Mature & immature cysts

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