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protozoa Flashcards

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Parasites are divided to

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  1. Protozoa

2. Helminthes

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Protozoa infections are divided to

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  1. GI infections
  2. CNS infections
  3. Hematologic infections
  4. other infections (visceral infections and STD)
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Protozoa GI infections - bugs and diseases

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  1. Giardia lamblia - giardiasis
  2. Entamoeba histolytica - amebiasis
  3. Cryptosporidium - diarrhea
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Giardia lamblia - disease and symptoms / seen in

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Giardiasis: 1. bloating 2. flatulence
3. foul smelling, fatty diarrhea
campers + hikers

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Giardia lamblia - transmission / diagnosis / treatment

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cysts in water
multinucleated trophozoites or cysts in stool
treatment: metronidazole

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Entamoeba histolytica - disease and symptoms

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Amebasis: 1. bloody diarrhea (dysentery)

  1. liver abscess (anchovy paste exudate)
  2. RUG pain
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Entamoeba histolytica - transmission / treatment

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cysts in water
treatment: metronidazole
or iodoquinol for asymptomatic cyst passers
- a luminal agent, eg. paromomycin) is also recommended to eradicate intestinal colonizationcyst
- drainage is not recommended

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Entamoeba histolytica infection - diagnosis

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  • serology and/or
  • trophozoites with RBCs in the cytoplasm
    or cysts with up to 4 nuclei in stool
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Cryptosporidium - disease and symptoms

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severe nonbloody diarrhea in AIDS
Mild disease (watery diarrhea) in immunocompoment
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Cryptosporidium - transmission / diagnosis

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oocysts in water

diagnosis: oocysts on acid-fast stain

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Cryptosporidium - treatment/prevention

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prevention by filtering city water supplies
notazoxamide in immunocompetent hosts
no clear treatment for AIDS patient

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Protozoa - CNS infection - bugs and diseases

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Toxoplasma gondi - toxoplasmosis
Naegleria fowleri - rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
Trypanosoma brucei - African sleeping diseas

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Toxoplasma gondi infection and symptoms

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  1. Congenital toxoplasmosis –> classic triad of chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcification
  2. reactivation in aids –> brain abscess
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Toxoplasma gondi transmission

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cysts in undercooked meat (MC)
oocysts in cat feces
crosses placenta

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Toxoplasma gondi - diagnosis

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serology
biopsy (tachyzoite)
CT/MIR ring-enhancing lesion

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Trypanosoma brucei - disease and symptoms

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African sleeping disease: 1. enlarged lymph nodes

2. recurring fever 3. somnolence 4. Coma

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African sleeping disease - transmission / diagnosis

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Tsetse fly, a painful bit

diagnosis: Trypomastigote in blood smear

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African sleeping disease - treatment

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suramin for blood-borne disease

melarsoprol for CNS penetration

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Naegleria fowleri - diagnosis

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amoebas in spinal fluid

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Malaria - fever according to bug

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P. vivax/ovale –> 48hr cycle (tertian: fever on first day and third day, thus fever are actually 48hr apart)
P. falciparum –> severe. irregular fever pattern
P. malariae –> 72 hr cycle (quartan)

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other complications of malaria, beside general symptoms

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occlude capillaries in brain (cerebral malaria), kidney, lung (esp with P. Falciparum)

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Malaria - relapse vs recrudescence

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Relapse occurs in P. vivax and P. ovale infection ressults from hypnozoites –> reactivation of hypnozoites in liver
Recrudescence occurs in P. malariae and P. falciparum infections and results from incomplete eradication of the parasites

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Malaria - diagnosis

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  1. Blood smear: trophozoites ring within RBCs, schizont containing merozoites
  2. Red granules (Schuffner stippling) through RBC cytoplasm seen with P. vivax/ovale
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Malaria - treatment for every situation

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  1. Chloroquine (for sensitive species)
  2. Mefloquine or atovaquone/proquanil (for resistant)
  3. IV quinidine or artesunate (If life threatening) –> test for G6PD
  4. P. vivax/ovale add primaquine for hypnozoite –> test for G6PD
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Protozoa visceral infections - bugs and disease

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  1. Trypanosoma cruzi –> Chagas disease

2. Leishmania donovani –> Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), cutaneous leismaniasis

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Leishmania donovani - disease and symptoms / aka

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A. Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar): 
1. spiking fevers
2. hepatosplenomegaly 
3. pancytopenia 
B. cutaneous leismaniasis: 1. Skin ulcers
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Leishmania donovani - transmission

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Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) - diagnosis / treatment

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macrphages contating amastigotes
amphotericin B
sodium stibogluconate

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Trypanosoma cruzi - disease / map / transmission

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Chagas disease
SOUTH AMERICA
transmission: Reduviid bug (kissing bug) feces, deposited in a painless bite

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Chagas disease sign

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ROMANA SIGN: unilateral periorbital swelling –> characteristic of acute stage

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chagas disease - diagnosis / treatment

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Trypomastigote in blood smear

- Benzidazole or nifurtimox

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Protozoa sexual transmitted infections - bugs and disease / symptoms

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Trichomonas vaginalis –> vaginitis –> foul-smelling, greenish discharge, itching and burning

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bacterial vaginosis vs protozoal vaginitis according to

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vaginitis: foul-smelling, greenish discharge, itching and burning
Bcterial vaginosis: gray vaginal discharge with fishy smell, nonpainful

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Trichomonas vaginalis - outside human form

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cannot exits outside human because it cannot form cysts

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Trichomonas vaginalis - diagnosis / treatment

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trophozoites (motile) on wet mount
strawberry cervix
- Metronidazole for patient and partner (prophylaxis)

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treatment for all protozoal infections (except malaria)

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Giardiasis –> Metronidazole
amebiasis –> metronidazole, iodoquinol for asymptomatic cyst passers
cryptosporidium –> prevention by filtering city water supplies, nitazoxanide in immunocompetent, no clear treatment for aids
Toxoplasma gondi –> Sulfadiazine+pyrimethamine
Naegleria fowleri –> Amphotericin B
Trypanosoma brucei –> Suramin for blood-borne disease or melarsoprol for CNS penetration
Babesia –> atovaquone + azithromycin
Tripanosoma cruzi –> Benzidazole or nifurtimox
Leishmania donovavi –> amphotericin sodium stibogluconate
trichomonas vaginalis –> Metronidazole for patient and partner (prophylaxis)

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Babesiosis - epidimiology / diagnosis

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ixode scapularis like lyme and anaplasmosis

thin blood smear: intraerythrocytic rings (Maltese cross)

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Babsiosis - manifestation

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  • flu like
  • if severe: ARDS, CHF, DIC, splenic rupture
  • anemia, thrombocytopenia, increased bilirubinm LDH, LFTs
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Babesia - treatment

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  • atovaquone + azithromycin

- Quinine + clindamycin (if severe)

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RFs for severe babesiosis

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  1. immonucompr
  2. splenectomy
  3. older than 50
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complications of malaria in children

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seizure, coma, hypoglycemia, met acidosis

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complications of malaria in adults

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jaundice, acute renal failure, acute pulm edema

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C. parvum in immunocomprement

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traveler’s diarrhea - prolonged, profuse, watery - self limited in 10-14 days

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E. histolytica - most common symptom

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asymptomatic (only 10% has colitis) `

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malaria prevention

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travelers new to endemic areas require chemoprophylaxis
atovaquone - proguanil, doxycycline or melfoquine (2 weeks prior to travels, continued during statyy, discont 4 weeks after returning
other measures to protect from mosquitos

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toxoplasmic encephalitis - stereotactic brain biopsy

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only if not respond to antibiotic

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