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