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15 Cards in this Set
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Amebic dysentery (bloody diarrhea)
Liver abscess, spread to lungs leading to pulmonary abscess |
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Giardia lamblia
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Non-bloody, fatty, diarrhea
Asymptomatic carrier |
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Cryptosporidium parvum
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Watery diarrhea, abdominal pain
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Vaginitis, urethritis
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Toxoplasma gondii
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In immunocompetent: Asymptomatic, mononucleosis-like illness
In immunocompromised: Encephalitis, chorioretinitis Congenital infection: Mental retardation, chorioretinitis |
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Leishmania donovani
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Visceral leishmaniasis, "Kala-Azar"
Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis |
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Plasmodium falciparum
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Malaria, irregular fevers
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Plasmodium malariae
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Malaria, 72 hour fevers
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Plasmodium vivax
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Malaria, 48 hour fevers
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Plasmodium ovale
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Malaria, 48 hour fevers
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
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West African sleeping sickness; enlarged lymph nodes, recurrent fever
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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
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East African sleeping sickness; enlarged lymph nodes, recurrent fever
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Acute: chagoma, Romana's sign, congestive heart failure, myocarditis (rare)
Chronic: arrhythmia, dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus |
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Poxviridae orthopoxvirus
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Smallpox (Variola)
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Naegleria fowleri
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Primary ameobic meningoencephalitis
"Brain-eating" ameoba |
