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44 Cards in this Set
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Treponemes stain
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Darkfield microscopy
Flourescent antibody staining |
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Intracellular parasites that do not stain well.
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Rickettsia
Chlamydia Legionella |
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Mycobacteria stain
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Acid Fast because of high lipid content
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Legionella stain
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Silver stain
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Giemsa stain is used for...
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Borrelia
Plasmodium Trypanosomes Chlamydia |
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PAS stain is used for...
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Diagnosis of Whipple's Disease
Stains glycogen and mucopolysaccharides |
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Ziehl-Neelson is used to stain for...
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Acid-fast bacteria (Mycobacteria)
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India Ink stains for...
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Cryptococcus Neoformans
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Silver stain is used for...
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Fungi and Legionella
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Chocolate Agar with Factors V (NAD) and X (Hematin)
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Cultures H. Influenzae
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Thayer Martin Media
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Cultures Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
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Bordet-Gengou Potato Agar
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Cultures Bordatella pertussis
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Tellurite Plate, Loffler's Media
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Cultures C. diptheriae
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Lowenstein-Jensen Agar
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Cultures M. tuberculosis
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Eaton's Agar
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Cultures Mycobacterium pneumoniae
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Eosin-Methylene Blue Agar
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Cultures E. Coli
Blue-black colonies with metallic sheen |
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MacConkey's Agar
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Cultures Lactose-fermenting enterics
Pink Colonies |
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Charcoal Yeast Extract
Buffered with Iron and Cysteine |
Cultures Legionella
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Sabouraud's Agar
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Cultures fungi
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Encapsulated bacteria
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Strep. pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis H. influenzae Klebsiella pneumoniae *Conjugate capsule with protein in vaccines to increase T Cell response |
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Giardia
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Trasmitted via cysts in mountain/stream water
Trophozoites in stool Malabsorptive diarrhea |
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Sexual transmission of trophozoites
Corkscrew motility Vaginitis- green discharge Not invasive so no immunity |
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Transmitted by Reduviid bug
Chagas disease (dilated everything) South america |
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Trypanosoma gambiense, rhodesiense
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Transmitted by the tsetse fly
African sleeping sickness |
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Leishmania donovani
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Transmitted by sandfly
Invades macrophages in spleen/liver |
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Plasmodium
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Vivax and Ovale- 48hr. interval
Dormant in liver Malariae- 72 hr. interval Falciparum- continuous Severe cerebral form |
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Babesia
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Transmitted by Ixodes tick (of Lyme disease)
Hemolytic anemia Blood smear shows cells without pigment but maltese crosses |
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Cryptosporidium
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Transmitted by cysts in water
Severe diarrhea in AIDs |
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Toxoplasma gondii
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Transmitted by cysts in meat or cat poop
Ring enhancing brain lesions Crosses placenta (Pregnant women avoid cats) |
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Amebiasis- cysts in water
Bloody diarrhea, RUQ pain Ingests human rbcs |
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Naegleria fowleri
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Transmitted after swimming in lakes
Enter via cribiform plate Meningoencephalitis-Amoebas in CSF Rapidly fatal |
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Enterobius vermicularis
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Ingested Pin worm
Anal pruritis (scotch tape test) |
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Ingested Giant roundworm
Eggs visible in feces |
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Trichinella spiralis
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Ingested from undercooked meat
Larvae encyst in muscle |
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Larvae in soil penetrate skin and cause intestinal infection
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Ancylostoma duodenale
Necator americanus |
Cutaneous dog and cat hookworm
Larvae from feces is in soil and pentrates skin Produce serpinginous tracts in skin Can suck blood from intestine |
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Onchocera volvulus
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River blindness
Skin nodules and lizard skin Can have an allergic reaction to it |
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Loa Loa
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From Deer fly, horse fly, mango fly
Causes skin swelling See it crawling in conjunctiva |
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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Causes blockage of lymphatic vessels
Elephatiasis Takes about a yr. to get elephantiasis |
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Taenia solium
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Ingested of larvae: Intestinal tapeworm
Ingestion of eggs: cysticercosis Swiss cheese brain Seizures |
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Diphyllobothrium latum
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Causes vitamin B12 deficiency
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Echinococcus granulosus
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Cysts in liver
If echinococcal antigens are released from cysts, anaphylaxis can occur |
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Schistosoma
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Fluke
Snails are host S. mansoni: Portal hypertension from inflammation of spleen and liver S. haematobium: SCC of bladder |
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Clonorchis sinensis
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Fluke
Inflammation of biliary tract Pigmented gallstones and cholangiocarcinoma |
