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Parasite

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organism that lives upon or within another organism at whose expense it obtains something it needs for life

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In the US, what are the parasites that are prevalent to children?

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pinworms and round worms

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What is the greatest source of infection?

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Man

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Harmful effects of parasites

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  • mechanical injury
  • eating or digesting and absorbing host tissue
  • poisoning
  • robbing the host of nutrition
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Ectoparasite

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lives on surface of host

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Endoparasite

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lives inside a host

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obligatory parasite

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has to spend part of its life as a parasite

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facultative host

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not normally parasitic but can become so

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definitive host

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host in which the parasite reaches maturity and reproduces; most important host

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intermediate host

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some development of parasite occurs but doesn’t reach maturity

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vector

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insect that carries parasitic infection from one host to another; can be host

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Main human host defensive mechanisms

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  • immunoglobulins in the mucous of intestines and respiratory tract, tears, saliva, and sweat
  • phagocytosis
  • reticuloendothelial system
  • inflammation
  • granuloma formation
  • accommodation
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Accommodation to parasites in humans

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  • parasite becomes immunologically inert
  • parasite masks itself with host antigens
  • parasite changes surface antigens
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Stool types

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  • liquid: most likely to contain trophozoites
  • soft: may contains pre-cysts
  • formed: contains cysts, ova, and larvae
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Times of collection for stool samples

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10 day period, one every other day

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Substances that interfere with the detection of intestinal parasites

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  • antibiotics
  • bismuth
  • kaolin
  • antimalarials
  • milk of magnesia
  • mineral and castor oil
  • barium enema
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Other types of parasitic specimens

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  • sigmoid material
  • duodenal contents
  • urogenital material
  • sputum
  • aspirates
  • biopsy material
  • blood
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Purge specimen

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Fleet’s enema

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Why should there not be any urine or water in the stool specimen?

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Water can contain free living organisms and urine destroys motility

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Specimens required for routine exam

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  • 2 normally passed

- 1 after Fleet’s enema

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Ameobiasis protocol

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  • 3 normal

- 3 after enema

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Preservation of specimens

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-PVA: cysts, trophs, and/or ova; useful for liquid specimens

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PVA

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  • 3:1 ratio of PVA to stool
  • allows specimens to slide for staining
  • permanent stained slides for months or years in sealed containers
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Advantages of PVA

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  • both preservative and fixative so suitable for permanent staining procedures
  • excellent preservative for protozoan cysts and trophozoites
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Disadvantages of PVA
- Giardia and Trichamonas don't concentrate well | - isospora is not usually seen
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Advantages of formalin
- cysts are preserved for a long time | - specimens can be preserved to long periods of time without greatly compromising organism morphology
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Disadvantages of formalin
- only for wet mounts: no permanent slides | - have to add formalin within an hour of passage
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Schaudinn's Fluid
used for fixing fresh smears for permanent smears; found in PVA
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MIF
good stain for most kinds and stages of parasites; not for permanent stains
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Sodium Acetate Formalin
used only with iron hematoxylin stain; used for both concentrates and permanent smears
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Macroscopic appearance of specimens
- consistency - blood: with mucous, suggests amoebic infection - age of specimen
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Direct wet mounts
detects trophozoites, cysts, ova, and larvae
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Saline mount
used for the examination of all intestinal parasites
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Material for saline wet prep
0.85% NaCl
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Purpose for saline reagent
protozoan cysts are more refractile in saline and are easier to detect
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Stages of parasites detected by saline wet prep
cysts, trophozoites, helminth eggs, and larvae
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Material for iodine wet prep
D'Antoni's iodine or Lugol's iodine at 1:5
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Purpose for iodine reagent
improves the detection and identification of protozoan cysts
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Stages of parasites detected by iodine wet prep
protozoan cysts, larvae, and helminth eggs
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Concentration methods
- routine procedure for the complete examination of parasites - allows for detection of small numbers of parasites that may be missed in the direct smear
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Two main concentration methods
flotation and sedimentation
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Advantages of flotation
gives clean prep
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Disadvantages of flotation
- helminth eggs don't float due to high density | - must examine within 30 minutes
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Advantages of sedimentation
-greater concentration of diagnostic parasites
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Disadvantages of sedimentation
contains more debris than flotation method
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Permanent stains
- mandatory for a thorough examination of all diarrheal specimens - definitive diagnosis for protozoa - greatly enhances the detection of the protozoa - permanent record of organism detection and identification
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Types of permanent stains
- trichrom stain - iron hematoxylin - modified acid fast
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Trichrome stain
- good results from fresh or PVA sample - rapid method - good detail for protozoan cysts, trophozoites, human cells, yeast cells, and artifacts
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Trichrome stain: green
cytoplasm of cysts and trophozoites; yeasts and molds; background material; cytoplasm of white cells
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Trichrome stain: purple
Entamoeba coli; nuclear chromatin, chromatoid bodies, ingested red cells, and bacteria
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Trichrome stain: red
nuclear chromatin, chromatoid bodies, ingested red cells, and bacteria; eggs and larvae; white cell nuclei
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Trichrome stain: nonstaining cysts
incomplete fixation
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Trichrome stain: over-destaining
dip the slide only once in the acid-alcohol solution, drain on paper towel, and rinse in 95% alcohol
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Trichrome stain: cloudy smears
second 95% alcohol, xylene, and carbol-xylene must be kept moisture free
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Iron Hematoxylin stain
- most exacting method to identify protozoan cysts and trophozoites - timing and adequate destaining are critical - not for unseasoned technologists
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Modified acid fast stain
- for Crytosporidum and oocysts | - don't have to heat
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Occular micrometer
distance on stage micrometer/number of units on occular micrometer=distance between each occular unit in minutes

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