Protozoan NID Flashcards
Protozoan NID Char
Large volume watery diarrhea +/- mucus, no pus, tissue dmg
Don’t produce toxins, path due to IR
Giardia Lamblia Clin
Giardiasis = NID. Foul smell, greasy appearance, Flatulent
Giardia Lamblia Char
Flagellated Protozoan
Giardia Lamblia VF
Sucking Disc - allows adherence to mucosal epi, eat away villi so fats stay in stool
Giardia Lamblia RF
Consumption of untx river/lake water (beavers); close quarters
Giardia Lamblia Diag
Microscopy - trophozoites/cysts in stool (min 3 stool specimen); Fecal Ag test. Biopsy for dmg’d microvilli
Giardia Lamblia Tx
Metronidazole
Cryptosporidium Parvum Clin
Cryptosporidiosis - NID and AIDs assoc severe diarrhea
Cryptosporidium Parvum Char
Intracell Protozoan
Cryptosporidium Parvum Res
Animals, Reptiles, Fish, Humans
Cryptosporidium Parvum Diag
Tiny oocysts in stool; modified acid fast stain, EIA for Ag; not auto-fluor
Cyclospora Cayetanesis Clin
Cyclosporiasis = NID
Cyclospora Cayetanesis Char
Intracell Protozoan
Cyclospora Cayetanesis Res
Humans
Cyclospora Cayetanesis Trans
Fecal Oral
Cyclospora Cayetanesis RF
Imported fruits and veggies from Peru, Brazil, Haiti
Cyclospora Cayetanesis Diag
Small spherical oocysts in stool, mod acid fast, EIA for Ag; autofluor
