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PROTOZOA (Flagellates) Flashcards

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1
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types of Lumen Dwelling/Atrial flagellate

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Giardia lamblia
Chilomastix mesnili
Enteromonas hominis
Retortamonas intestinalis
Dientamoeba fragilis
Trichomonas tenax
Trichomonas hominis
Trichomonas vaginalis

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Habitat (Large intestine)

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Chilomastix mesnili
Enteromonas hominis
Retortamonas intestinalis
Dientamoeba fragilis
Trichomonas hominis

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Habitat (Small intestine)

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Giardia lamblia

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Habitat (Mouth)

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Trichomonas tenax

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Habitat (Vagina and urethra)

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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Old man with eye glasses

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Giardia lamblia or Giardia intestinalis

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Most common protozoan pathogen worldwide (1st identified protozoan in US)
ONLY flagellate that inhabits the small intestine

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Giardia lamblia or Giardia intestinalis

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Giardia lamblia causes ______ _______ due to contaminated water in underdeveloped countries

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traveller’s diarrhea

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NOT a tissue invader but attaches to mucosal linings by means of ______ ____

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sucking disks

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Giardia lamblia is associated with ___ _____ _______ and _________ _______ (steatorrhea)

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Gay Bowel Syndrome and Malabsorption syndrome

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11
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lipids in stool spx

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steatorrhea

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12
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Presence of sucking disks, two axonemes and two parabasal bodies

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Giardia intestinalis trophozoite

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Ovoid in shape

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Giardia intestinalis cyst

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Pear-shaped or teardrop which is bilaterally symmetrical

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Giardia intestinalis trophozoite

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Two immature cyst

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Giardia intestinalis cyst

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Falling leaf-like motility

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Giardia intestinalis trophozoite

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17
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Four mature

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Giardia intestinalis cyst

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4 pairs of flagella (8 in total)

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Giardia intestinalis trophozoite

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Cytoplasm retracted in cell wall median bodies (2-4)

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Giardia intestinalis cyst

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Places of 4 pairs of flagella in Giardia intestinalis trophozoite

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o One pair anterior
o One pair posterior
o Two pairs central extending lateral

21
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No cystic stage

22
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Non-pathogenic Trichomonas

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Trichomonas tenax
Trichomonas hominis

23
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Pathogenic Trichomonas

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Trichomonas vaginalis

24
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Spx: Buccal scrapping
Found in swollen gums, teeth

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Trichomonas tenax

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Spx: Stool Resides on the intestine
Trichomonas hominis
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Spx: Urine or vaginal discharge Found on genital *both in male and female
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Pear shape; Five anterior flagella and one posterior flagellum
Trichomonas tenax Trichomonas hominis Trichomonas vaginalis
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Nervous jerky (motile)
Trichomonas tenax Trichomonas hominis
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Rapid jerky (motile)
Trichomonas vaginalis
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One ovoid nucleus filled with chromatic granules
Trichomonas tenax
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Spherical nucleus with central karyosome
Trichomonas hominis
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Ovoid nucleus filled with chromatin granules
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Undulating membrane extending 2/3 of the body length
Trichomonas tenax
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full body length undulating membrane
Trichomonas hominis
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Undulating membrane half part of the body
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Thick axostyle curved around nucleus
Trichomonas tenax
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Axostyle extends beyond the posterior part
Trichomonas hominis
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Axostyle is coiled around the nucleus
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Small cytostome
Trichomonas tenax
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Conical cytostome cleft
Trichomonas hominis
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Absence of cytostome but granules along axostyle is present
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Has 5 flagella (one coils the body along with costa and undulating membrane)
Trichomonas tenax
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makes the trichomonas’ one side thick
Costa
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patient experience intense itchiness and because of the flagella -> can attach to vaginal walls -> irritation -> production of vaginal discharge with foul odor
T. vaginalis
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Trichomonas spp. can be examined unstained with wet drop method or with
Giemsa, Acridine orange, Papanicolau, Romanoswky or cultured in Diamond media.
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MOT (T. vaginalis)
sexual contact but nonvenereal transmission is possible
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____ are asymptomatic
Male
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Symptoms in T. vaginalis
Strawberry cervix

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