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Trypanosoma and Leishmania classification
hemoflagellates
Trypanosoma and Leishmania my by using
flagella
Trypanosoma and Leishmania transmited by
insect vextors
Trypanosoma and Leishmania baisc morpholigic stages
Amastigote Promastigote
Epimastigotes
Trypomastigotes
Trypanosoma and Leishmania distinguisihg feature
kinetoplast- single large mitochondrion assoc. with the flagellar basal body
D KINETOPLAST
A Kinetoplast is a disk-shaped mass of circular DNAs inside a large mitochondrion that contains many copies of the mitochondrial genome.

Kinetoplast - is also associated with the flagellar base.
kDNA - can be used to speciate the organism/diagnosis
Amastigote Promastigote
Epimastigotes
Trypomastigotes

WHAT DETERMINES WHICH IS WHICH?
POSITION OF BASAL BODY IN CELL
Leishmaniasis ORIGIN
VECTOR BORNE
Leishmaniasis TRANSMISSION
BY SANDFLIES-FEMALES. LIVE IN MOIST SOIL. MOSQUITO NETS DONT KEEP THEM OUT!
4 types leshmania
1 - Cutaneous Leishmaniasis -CL
L. tropica, L. t. major, L. t. minor and L. ethiopica
Oriental sore, Delhi ulcer, Delhi or Baghdad boil

2 - Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis - MCL
L. braziliensis, L. mexicana and L. peruviana
Espundia, sponge face

3 - Visceral Leishmaniasis - VL
L. donovani, L. infantum
Kala-azar, black disease, dumdum fever

4 - Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis -PKDL
L. donovani, L. infantum
LEISHMANIA CYCLE
INJECTED BY FLY INTO SKIN AND ENTERS CELL. REPRODUCES INSIDE ENDOSOME. CELL RUPTURES AND INFECTS OTHER CELLS. CORE OF PARASITIZED CELLS FORM. THEN 3 OPTIONS:

CORE REMAINS IN SKIN=CUTANEOUS FORM

RELEASED INTO BLOODSTERAM=SYSTEMIC/VISCERAL FORM

REMAINS TO SKIN AND METAHTESIZE TO MUCOUS=MUCOCUTANEOUS FORM
CUTANEOUS LEISHMENASIS SX
DRY ULCER AT ITE OF BITE-LOOKS LIKE ROTTING APPLE

LEAVES A DEPRESSED SCAR

GRANULOMA FORMS

LESION IS PAINLESS AND NON HEALING
MUCOCUTANEOUS LEISHMENASIS SX
Simple skin lesion

SECONDARY mucosal involvement

DESTROYS MUCOUS MEMBRANES! DISTORTED NOSE, ETC...

2ND LESION CAN OCCUR LONG AFTER PRIMARY LESION
VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS OCCURANCE
VERY RARE
VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS PROGNOSIS
FATAL IF UNTREATED
VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS LOCATION
AFRICA, INDIA
VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS ORIGIN
ZOONIS FROM ANIMAL VECTOR TO HUMANS

ALSO HUMAN TO HUMAN
T/F VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS PRODUCES PRIMARY LOCAL LESION
F
VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS LOCALIZE AND MULTIPLY IN
PHAGOCYTIC CELLS. THEN SPREAD TO OTHER ORGANS.
VISCERAL LEISHMENASIS SX
ENLARGED LYMPH NODES SPLEEN AND LIVER

FATIGUE/ANEMIA

INTERMITTENT FEVER

HYPERPIGMENTED GRANULAMOUTS AREAS

DEATH
POST KALO -ZAR DOERMAL LESHMENEISIS (PKDL) SX
macular, maculo-papular or nodular rash

EX. GUY WITH BIG BUBBLE LIKE RASH ON FACE
LEISHMANIA DX
DEMONSTRATION OF PARASITE IN BLOOD OR LYMPH

SPLEEN BIOPSY IS VERY DANGEROUS

SCRAPING OF ULCER

CULTURE
LEISHMANIA TX
Amphotheracin B

AVOID ANTIMONIALS