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Entamoeba histolytica
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- amebiasis: bloody diarrhea (dysentery), liver abscess, right upper quadrant pain
- cysts in water - METRONIDAZOLE & IODOQUINOL |
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Giardia lamblia
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- giardiasis: bloating, flatulence, foul-smelling diarrhea
- cysts in water - METRONIDAZOLE |
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Cryptosporidium
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- severe diarrhea in AIDS
- mild, watery diarrhea in non-HIV - NO TREATMENT |
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Toxoplasma
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- brain abscess in HIV
- birth defects - cysts in meat or cat feces - SULFADIAZINE & PYRIMETHAMINE |
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Plasmodium:
P. vivax P. ovale P. malariae P. falciparum |
- malaria: cyclic fever, headache, anemia, splenomegaly
- malaria: severe-cerebral - anopheles mosquito - CHLOROQUINE, SULFADOXINE & PYRAMETHAMINE, MEFLOQUINE, QUININE - PRIMAQUINE for P. vivax and P. ovale |
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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- vaginitis: foul-smelling, greenish discharge, itching, burning
- STD - METRONIDAZOLE |
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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- Chagas' disease: cardiomegaly and megacolon
- Reduviid bug - NIFURTIMOX |
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Trypanosoma:
T. gambiense T. rhodesiense |
- African sleeping sickness
- Tsetse fly - SURAMIN for blood-borne disease or MELARSOPROL for CNS penetration |
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Leishmania donovani
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- visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar)
- sandfly - macrophages with amastigotes - SODIUM STIBOGLUCONATE |
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Babesia
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- babesiosis (similar to malaria, but doesn't affect liver)
- ixodes tick - blood smear, no RBC pigment, appears as "maltese cross" - QUININE, CLINDAMYCIN |
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Naegleria
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- rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
- swimming in freshwater lakes - amebas in spinal fluid - NO TREATMENT |
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What are the forms of leishmaniasis?
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1. cutaneous leishmaniasis
simple cutaneous lesions diffuse cutaneous lesions 2. mucocutaneous leishmaniasis 3. visceral leishmaniasis (massive splenomegaly) |
