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21 Cards in this Set
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most common parasitic cause of gastroenteritis
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giardia
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transmission of giardia infection
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contaminated water
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acid-fast staining oocyst
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cryptosporidium
cyclospora |
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major threat to the water supply due to highly infectious characteristics and many animal hosts
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cryptosporidium
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patient population affected by microsporodia
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AIDS patients
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found in the tropics
affects HIV patients |
isospora belli
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parasite found in pigs
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balantidium coli
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parasite found in daycare centers and woods
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giardia
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parasite that can cause liver abscesses
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entamoeba histolytica
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inflammatory diarrhea contains what in the stool
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mucus +/- blood
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parasite acquired from contaminated water, fruits and vegetables
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cyclospora
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foul smelling diarrhea
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giardia
isospora belli |
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dx by enterostring test
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giardia
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immediately infective oocyst stage
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cryptosporidium
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oocysts need to mature before becoming infectious (little human to human transmission)
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cyclospora
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are ameoeba in the stool pathologic
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no, can be non-pathologic amoeba
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ciliated protozoa that infects human
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balantidium coli
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parasitic diseases assx with HIV infection
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cryptosporidium
isospora belli microsporidium |
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parasitic infection that causes bloody diarrhea
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balantidium coli
entamoeba |
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parasitic infections assx with steatorrhea
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giardia
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parasitic infection assx with malabsorption
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giardia
isospora |
