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similar to plasmodium and toxoplasma
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cryptosporidium (from moist areas and water)
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lives in alveoli of lungs
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pneumocystis carinii
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from cat intestines
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toxoplasma gondii
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swelling/redness (Romana's) and redness at site of entry (Chagas)
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trypanosoma (reduviid bugs)
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sandfly
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leishmania
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most common enteric pathogen in the US
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giardia lamblia
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invades; ingests RBCs; flask-shaped ulcers; colitis
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entamoeba histolytica
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sporozite enters intestinal epithelium; trophozoite in vacuole; merozoite released to enter other epithelial cells
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cryptosporidium
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oocyst becomes tachyozoite or tissue cyst
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toxoplasma gondii
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visceral fever, enlarged liver, spleen, low cell count, darkened skin
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leishmania
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megaesophagus, megacolon, damages heart, damages CNS
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trypanosome
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symptoms include diarrhea with bloating and flatus
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giardia lamblia
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symptoms include collitis and flask-shaped ulcers, liver abscesses
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entamoeba histolytica
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Immune response = Antibody-mediated
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Giardia lamblia
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Mass-like lesion in the lung with no fever; pyogranulomatous; inhalation from soil;
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blastomyces dermatidis
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becomes trophozoite in small intestine but does not invade
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giardia lamblia
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chronic watery diarrhea; AIDS wasting
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cryptosporidium
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black eschars overlying nose; risk factors include DM and deferoxamine
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mucormycoces
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polysaccharide capsule and yeast throuhgout its life
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cryptococcus
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treatment includes amphotericin and imidazole
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histoplasma capsulatum
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