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35 Cards in this Set
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Transmission of all the GI protozoal infections?
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Cysts in water
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3 GI protozoa
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Giardia lamblia
Entamoeba histolytica Cryptosporidium |
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Bloating, flatulence, foul-smelling, fatty diarrhea
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Giardia lamblia
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Diarrhea in campers/ hikers
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Giardia lamblia
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Treatment for giardia/ entamoeba
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Metronidazole
(can also use iodoquinol for entamoeba) |
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Prevention is critical for this protozoa
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Cryptosporidium (filter city water supplies; no treatment)
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Amebiasis
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Bloody diarrhea, liver abscess, and RUQ pain
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Causes severe diarrhea in AIDS pts but mild disease (watery diarrhea) in non i/c
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Cryptosporidium
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Triad of congenital toxoplasmosis
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Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, and intracranial calcifications
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Why should pregnant women avoid cats?
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Toxoplasma cysts can be in cat feces, and will cross placenta (can also be in meat feces)
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Sequela of toxoplasma gondii in HIV pts
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Brain abscess
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Treatment of toxoplasmosis
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Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
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Protozoa that enter from freshwater lakes via cribriform plates
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Naegleria fowleri
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Sequela of Naegleria fowleri
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Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
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4 sequelae of African sleeping sickness
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Enlarged LNs, recurring fever, somnolence, coma
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Infectious organism of African sleeping sickness
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Trypanosoma (brucei, gambiense, rhodesiense)
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Protozoa carried by Tsetse fly (painful bite)
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Trypanosoma
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Protozoa responsible for Chagas' disease?
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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3 sequelae of Chagas' disease
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Dilated cardiomyopathy
Megacolon Megaesophagus |
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Bug that carries trypanosoma cruzi
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Reduviid bug ("kissing bug"; painless bite)
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Treatment for Chagas' disease
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Nifurtimox
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Another term for leishmaniasis
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Kala-azar
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3 sequelae of leishmaniasis
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Spiking fever
Hepatosplenomegaly Pancytopenia |
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Treatment of leishmaniasis
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Sodium stibogluconate
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Four forms of plasmodium
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P. vivax/ ovale
P. falciparum P. malariae |
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4 sequelae of malaria
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Cyclic fever
Headache Anemia Splenomegaly |
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Mosquito that carries plasmodium
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Anopheles
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Pathophys of cerebral malaria
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Parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in brain (can also occur in kidneys/ lungs)
From P. falciparum |
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Treatment of malaria
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Chloroquine (if resistant, mefloquine)
For vivax/ ovale, add primaquine for dormant forms in liver (hypnozoite) |
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Babesiosis
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Fever and hemolytic anemia
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"Maltese cross"
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RBC pigment appearance in babesiosis
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Treatment of Babesia
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Quinine, clindamycin
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Foul-smelling, greenish vaginal discharge; itching and burning
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Vaginitis caused by Trichomonas vaginalis
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Transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis
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Sexual
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Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis
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Metronidazole
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