Topic 6 - Infection Flashcards
2 Examples of Endoparasites
Helminths
Protozoa
3 examples of exoparasites
Fleas
Lice
Bed bugs
What do Amoebas invade
Large bowel linings
How are Ameobas spread
Water contamination –> faeces
Name an example of Sporozoa
Plasmodium Falciparum
Name 2 examples of Helminths
Cestodes
Trematodes
Name an example of a Cestodes
What does this infect
Symptoms?
Tapeworm
Intestine
Asymptomatic
Structure of cestodes
Segmented
Flat
Name an example of a Trematodes
Fluke
What are the 2 forms of fungi
Yeast // Mould
In terms of strands, what are filamentous
In terms of cells, what are unicellular (fungi)
Moulds
Yeast
Tinea Pedis causes what?
Athletes foot
Tinea Corporsis
Ringworm
Cryptococcus neoformans can lead to what
Meningitis
Streptococcus Pneumoniae in terms of structure are found like what?
Where can you find them
Diplococci
Nose and throat
CRR5 / gp120 can be found on what
HIV
Is norovirus acute / chronic
Acute
Name a latent bacteria infection
Herpes // varicella zooster virus
What does EPV infect? (2)
B cells
Epithelial tract of nasopharynx
Symptoms of EPV
Glandular Fever
What do Prions lack?
Lack nucleic acid
Name 2 diseases caused by Prions
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD)
Kuru
how is CJD transmitted (2)
Human growth hormone injection
Surgical instruments
How much normal flora is found in faeces (bacteria/gram)
10^11 - 10^12
Cystitis is the infection of where
causes?
Lower Urinary Tract
e.coli (gra negative bacilli)