AMOEBA

Question 1

MOST INVASIVE AND ONLY THAT CAUSED COLITIS AND LIVER ABSCESS

Answer 1

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

Question 2

IS STAGE OF E. HISTOLYTICA

Answer 2

CYST

Question 3

DEFINITIVE HOST OF E. HISTOLYTICA

Answer 3

HUMANS *NO ANIMAL RESERVOIR

Question 4

STAGE IN E. HISTOLYTICA THAT CAUSES AMOEBIASIS

Answer 4

TROPHOZOITE

Question 5

VIRULENCE FACTORS CAUSED BY E. HISTOLYTICA

Answer 5

ADHERENCE
INVASION
ENDOTOXINS

Question 6

2 TYPES OF AMOEBIASIS FOR SYMPTOMATIC PX.

Answer 6

ACUTE DYSENTERIC & CHRONIC NON-DYSENTERIC

Question 7

EXTRA-INTESTINAL AMOEBIASIS

Answer 7

AMOEBIC LIVER ABSCESS (ALA)

Question 8

DIAGNOSIS OF ALA

Answer 8

ANCHOVY PASTE– ASPIRATION OF NON-ODOROUSM REDDISH BROWN

Question 9

IN DX., TROPHOZOITE & CYSTS CAN BE SEEN IN WHAT?

Answer 9

TROPHOZOITE- LOOSE STOOL

CYST- SOLID STOOL

Question 10

TREATMENT FOR INVASIVE FORM OF AMOEBIASIS

Answer 10

METRONIDAZOLE

Question 11

TREATMENT FOR LUMINAL FORMS OF E. HISTOLYITICA

Answer 11

IODOQUINOFONUM, PAROMOMYCIN, DILOXANIDE

Question 12

TX FOR EXTRAINTESTINAL AMOEBIASIS

Answer 12

METRONIDAZOLE + LUMINAL FORM DRUGS

Question 13

COMMENSAL AMOEBAS (NON-INVASIVE)

Answer 13

E. DISPAR
E. MOSHKOVSKII
E. HARTMANI
E. COLI
E. POLECKI
E. CHATTONI
E. GINGIVALIS
ENDOLIMAX NANA
IODAMOEBA BUTSCHII

Question 14

COMMENSAL AMOEBA THAT DOES’NT HAVE CYSTIC STAGE

Answer 14

E. GINGIVALIS

Question 15

AMOEBA THAT IS TRANSMITTED THRU KISSING AND IS FOUND IN MOUTH

Answer 15

E. GINGIVALIS

Question 16

MORPHOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO E. HISTOLYTICA BUT HAVE DIFFERENT DNA & rRNA

Answer 16

E. DISPAR

Question 17

PHYSIOLOGIC DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF E. MOSHKOVSKII

Answer 17

(ISOLATE) OSMOTOLERANT (CAN GROW AT ROOM TEMP, SURVIVE AT 0-40ºC)

Question 18

DETECTED IN SEWAGES AND INDISTINGUISHABLE FR. E. DISPAR & E. HISTOLYTICA MORPHOLOGICALLY

Answer 18

E. MOSHKOVSKII

Question 19

CHARACTERISTIC OF E. HARTMANI

Answer 19

DOES NOT INGEST RBC

Question 20

MORPHOLOGY OF E. HARTMANI

Answer 20

SIMILAR TO E. HISTOLYICA BUT SMALLER

CYST: QUADRINUCLEATED; ROD-SHAPED

Question 21

MORPHOLOGY OF E. COLI

Answer 21

LARGER TROPHOZOITE

CYST: DIFFERENTIATED FR. E. HISTOLYTICA
MORE GRANULAR CYTOPLASM
MORE NUCLEI (8)
SPHINCTER LIKE CHROMATOIDAL BODIES

Question 22

IT IS THE MORE COMMON AMOEBA

Answer 22

E. COLI

Question 23

FOUND IN INTESTINE OF PIGS & MONKEYS

Answer 23

E. POLECKI

Question 24

E. CHATTONI IS FOUND IN WHERE

Answer 24

MONKEYS & APES

Question 25

IT HAS THE SAME FREQUENCY AS TO E. COLI

Answer 25

ENDOLIMAX NANA

Question 26

MOTILITY OF E. POLECKI & E. CHATTONI

Answer 26

SLUGGISH MOTILITY

Question 27

COMMENSAL AMOEBA THAT IS UNINUCLEATED WITH LARGE GLYCOGEN BODY THAT STAINS DARK BROWN WITH IODINE

Answer 27

IODAMOEBA BUSHKII

Question 28

CAUSATIVE AGENT OF ACANTHOEMABA KERATITIS & GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS

Answer 28

ACANTHAMOEBA SPP.

Question 29

CA OF PAM (PRIMARY AMOEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS)

Answer 29

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI

Question 30

INFECTIVE STAGE OF ACANTHAMOEBA SPP.

Answer 30

TROPHOZOITE

Question 31

STAGES OF ACANTHAMOEBA

Answer 31

CYST & TROPHOZOITES | * NO FLAGELLATED STAGE

Question 32

ACANTHAMOEBA HABITAT

Answer 32

CAN SURVIVE IN CONTACT LENSES CLEANING SOLUTIONS

Question 33

HOW DO ACANTHAMOEBA REPRODUCE

Answer 33

BINARY FISSION

Question 34

HOW DO THE TROPHOZOITE STAGE OF ACANTHAMOEBA REPLICATE

Answer 34

BY MITOSIS (NUCLEAR MEMBRANE DOES NOT REMAIN INTACT)

Question 35

MORPHOLOGY OF TROPHOZOITE OF ACANTHOMEBA

Answer 35

ACTIVE W/ PROMINENT THORN-LIKE APPENDAGES -- "ACANTHOPODIA"

Question 36

WHERE DOES THE TROPHOZOITE STAGE OF ACANTHAMOBA FEEDS

Answer 36

FEEDS ON GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA, BLUE-GREEN ALGAE YEASTS

Question 37

MOST AFFECTED AREAS OF THE BRAIN IN GAE

Answer 37

POSTERIOR FOSSA STRUCTURES THALAMUS BRAINSTEM

Question 38

MAJOR DIFFERENTIAL TO BE RULED OUT IN DX AK

Answer 38

FUNGAL & HEPATIC KERATITIS

Question 39

DX. OF AK

Answer 39

EPITHELIAL BIPSY WITH CORNEAL SCRAPING

Question 40

DX OF GAE

Answer 40

USUALLY POSTMORTEM

Question 41

SPECIES TO HAVE CAUSED AK

Answer 41

``` A. CASTELLANI A. CULBERTSONI A. HUTCHETTI A. POLYPHAGA A. RHYSOIDES ```

Question 42

ONLY CURATIVE TX FOR AK & GAE

Answer 42

SURGICAL EXCISION OF INFECTED CORNEA W/ SUBSEQUENT TX.

Question 43

WHAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN TREATING AK & GAE

Answer 43

TOPICAL CORTICOSTEROIDS

Question 44

PROCEDURE OF CHOICE IN AK & GAE

Answer 44

DEEP LAMELLAR KERATECTOMY

Question 45

2 FORMS OF TROPHOZOITE OF NAEGLERIA FOWLERI

Answer 45

AMOEBOID | AMOEBOFLAGELLATE

Question 46

3 STAGES OF NAEGLERIA SPP.

Answer 46

CYST TROPHOZOITE FLAGELLATED

Question 47

ROUTE OF ENTRY OF N. FOWLERI

Answer 47

THRU OLFACTORY BULB

Question 48

ONLY NAEGLERIA SPECIES TO HAVE CAUSED DISEASE IN HUMANS

Answer 48

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI

Question 49

WHERE DO NAEGLERIA THRIVE BEST

Answer 49

THERMOPHILIC-- HOT SPRINGS & WARM AQUATIC AREAS

Question 50

SYMPTOMS OF PAM ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM

Answer 50

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS

Question 51

TX OF PAM

Answer 51

AMPHOTERICIN B + CLOTRIMAZOLE

Question 52

PROPHYLAXIS OF N. FOWLERI

Answer 52

EASILY KILLED BY CHLORINATION AT 1 PPM OR HIGHER