Tissue protozoans (including leish) Flashcards
Leish vector: New world v. old world
Lutzomyia -new, phlebotomus -old
DCL v. DSL
Diffuse (no use) cutaneous leish: L amazonensis, mexicana, aethiopca; massive/abundant in smear, negative skin test, NEVER ulcerates, lepromatous lesions, very chronic, NO mucosal involvement
DSL: DISSEMinated: L braziliensis, L mexicana, Scanty/rare in the smear, strongly positive, frequent ulceration, acneiform, frequent mucosal involvement
Leishmania infective stage
promastigote
leish, promastigote
amastigote of leish (diagnostic stage)
Difference between T Cruzi and T brucei
Trypanosoma Cruzi Life cycle
Triatomine bug takes a blood meal–>metacyclic trypomastigotes penetrate the various cells at bite wound site and transform to amastigotes–>amastigotes multiply in infected tissues–>transform into trypomastigotes–>triatomine bug takes the blood meal–epimastigotes in the midgut–>multiply in midgut–>metacyclic trypomastigotes in hindgut
Toxoplasma gondii Infective stage, diagnostic stage, modes of transmission
Infective: Bradyzoites, mature oocysts with sporozoites, tachyzoites;
Diagnostic stage: tissue cysts with bradyzoites, tachyzoites
Modes of transmission: undercooked meat, contaminated food/water with cat, blood transfusion, organ transplant, transplacenta
Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite
toxoplasma gondii bradyzoite (usually spherical in the brain, more elongated in cardiac/skeletal muscles)
Naegleria Fowleri infective and diagnostic stage
Infective: trophozoites
Diagnostic: trophozoites
primary amebic meningoencephalitis
naegleria fowleri
Naegleria Fowleri-large single nucleus with large dense karyosome
Acanthamoeba infective and diagnostic stage
I: Trophozoites
D: Trophozoites, cysts
granulomatous amebic encephalitis, keratitis
acanthomoeba
acanthamoeba trophozoite
acanthamoeba cyst
Granulomatous amebic encephalitis
Balamuthia Mandrillaris
Balamuthia Mandrillaris (pleomorphic, long/slender pseudopodia, large single nucleus)
balamuthia mandrillaris cyst
starts as pink colored papule, enlarges and develops into a nodule or plaque with central softening, painless ulceration with indurated border
localized cutaneous leishmaniasis
leish
Disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by
braziliensis, guyanensis, mexicana-several lesions
diffuse cutaneous leish
caused by aethiopica, mexicana, amazonensis; localized lesion, does not ulcerate; they have a low immune response
mucosal leishmaniasis caused by
LV Braziliensis, LV Guyanensis, LV Panamensis, LL Amoazonensis
how to diagnose leish
immunological test with the skin test; elisa
or direct smear
How to treat LCL
Antimony for 20 days, Amph B, Miltefosine
what are the 3 evolutive forms of t cruzi
amastigote: ONLY in tissues, Epimastigote: ONLY in intestine of the vector, trypomastigote: posterior intestine of the vector and in the blood of the reservoirs
3 types of vector
rhodnius prolixus, triatoma infestans, panstrongylus megistus
how to transmit t cruzi
vectors
Blood transfusion, mother to child, oral route (Acai) lab accident
What are the phases of T cruzi infection and how can you measure for it
1-2 weeks: Acute phase-romana sign, chagoma: Positive smear, culture, PCR
4-8 weeks: Chronic phase: negative smear but positive PCR/serology
Indeterminate form: asymptomatic–>can progress ot the determinate form over the next several years