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Protozoa
First Aid 2012 pp175-177
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Medical
Graduate
01/17/2013

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Term
Giardia lamblia
Definition
fatty, foul-smelling diarrhea
water
metronidazole
pear-shaped (trophozoite), oval cyst
Term
Entamoeba histolytica
Definition
bloody diarrhea, liver abscess, RUQ pain (flask-shaped ulcer)
water
trophozoites with RBCs in cytoplasm or cyst with multiple nuclei
metronidazole
Term
Cryptosporidium
Definition
AIDS diarrhea
water
cysts on acid-fast, basophilic clusters on intestinal cells surface
Term
Toxoplasma gondii
Definition
brain abscess in HIV
meat or cat feces
sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
Term
Naegleria fowleri
Definition
rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
freshwater lakes (through cribiform plate!)
amoebas in CSF!
Term
Trypanosoma bruci
Definition
African sleeping sickness -- LAD, recurring fever, somnolence/coma
tsetse fly
suramin (blood), melarsoprol (CNS)
Term
Trypanosoma gambiense
Definition
recurring fever, somnolence/coma
tsetse fly
suramin (blood), melarsoprol (CNS)
Term
Trypanosoma rhodesiense
Definition
recurring fever, somnolence/coma
tsetse fly
suramin (blood), melarsoprol (CNS)
Term
Plasmodium vivax
Definition
48 hr cyclic fevers
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine + primaquine
Term
Plasmodium ovale
Definition
48 hr cyclic fevers
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine + primaquine
Term
Plasmodium falciparum
Definition
random fevers, ischemia of brain/kidneys/lungs
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine
Term
Plasmodium malariae
Definition
72 hr cyclic fevers
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine
Term
Babesia
Definition
fever + hemolytic anemia
Ixodes tick
ring form (looks like engagement ring!), maltese cross
quinine, clindamycin
Term
Trypanosoma cruzi
Definition
Chagas -- cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus
Reduviid bug
nifurtimox
Term
Leishmania donovani
Definition
spiking fever, HSM, pancytopenia
sandfly
macrophages with buggers ("amastigotes")
sodium stibogluconate
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