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lecture 30 lee

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2 forms of protozoa   cyst and trophozoite  
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trophozoite   actively feeding organisms in the host niche  
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protozal cysts   metabolically inactive form that can survive under very unfavorable conditions, resistant to chlorination and drying  
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2 organisms that DO NOT HAVE cyst form   Dientamoeba fragilis and Trichomonas vaginalis  
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schizogony in protozoa   binary fission or asexual reproduction in humans  
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sporogony in protozoa   sexual reproduction, usually restricted to within insect vectors  
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how to dx intestinal protozoa   stool O&P - using wet mount with saline or iodine or trichome staining  
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protozoa that stain with acid-fast agents   Cryptosporidium, Isospora, Cyclospora (sporozoans)  
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most common protozoal infection in the US   Giardia lamblia  
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early vs late Trypanosoma cruzi infection   Chagas dz: early - parisitemia with nonfocal fever syndrome; late - aka 1-2 decades later, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias, megacolon or esophagus  
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characteristics of Plasmodium on blood smear   look like headphones (just as Babesia does) within the RBCs, banana-shaped gametocyte  
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the only helminth that multiplies within the human host   Strongyloides stercoralis, means larvae can be found in stool!! (not eggs)  
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characteristic systemic changes that reflect parasite responses   eosinophilia (characteristic of migrating worms), edema, arthralgia  
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pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis)   infect young children and cause nocturnal anal pruritis, eggs will stick to scotch tape  
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Loeffler's syndrome   cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, eosinophilic pneumonitis can occur during the lung phase of larval migration; you cough up sputum and swallow it then the roundworms get to GI tract  
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most common helminth infection in humans   roundworks (Ascaris lumbricoides)  
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how hookworms infect   larvae in soil penetrate skin in foot perhaps, attach to intestine and eggs are in stool  
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Diphyllobothrium latum   fresh water FISH (sushi) and perNISHous anemia  
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cysticercosis   humans eat eggs of Taenia solium, common cause of sz in endemic areas especially in young adults  
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cause of swimmer's itch   blood flukes or Schistosomes that invade humans accidentally; they live in fresh water. remember - worse on repeat exposure  
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forms Maltese crosses/tetrads, causes hemolytic anemia and is endemic to Martha's Vineyard or the East Coast   Babesi microti  
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