Protozoa/Helminths US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Protozoa/Helminths Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 81: Cryptosporidium oocysts can be visualized with a(n) _____ stain
Answer: Acid-Fast (Ziehl-Neelsen)
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Flashcard 82: _____ that stain acid-fast on Stool O&P are indicative of Cryptosporidium
Answer: Oocysts
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Flashcard 83: Compared to Cryptosporidium causing watery diarrhea, _____ causes floating, fatty, foul-smelling steatorrhea
Answer: Giardia lamblia
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Flashcard 84: What is the main immune defense against Giardia? _____ produced by Peyer's Patches in the GI
Answer: IgA
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Flashcard 85: Protozoa are _____
Answer: eukaryotes
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Flashcard 86: Female pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis) lay eggs at the _____
Answer: anus
Extra:
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Flashcard 87: Which stage of the **Plasmodium** life cycle consists of a collection of merozoites that eventually rupture the host cell?\n_____
Answer: Schizont
Extra: The schizont stage occurs in both the liver (exoerythrocytic) and red blood cells (erythrocytic). It eventually ruptures to release merozoites.
Flashcard 88: Fever from Plasmodium malariae occurs every _____ hrs
Answer: 72
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Flashcard 89: What is the predominant geographic distribution of Babesia spp.?
_____
Answer: Northeast U.S.
Extra:
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Flashcard 90: Achalasia may be idiopathic or secondary to a known insult, such as _____ disease and extraesophageal malignancies
Answer: Chagas
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