MODs MICROBIOLOGY CHEAT SHEET

Type
PROTOZOAN
Entamoeba Histolytica

Infective Stage

Dx Stage

Mature cyst

Immature, mature
and trophozoite

Giardia Lamblia

Cyst

Cyst and troph

falling leaf motility

Crytosporidium Parvum
Trichenella Vaginalis

Thicked walled oocyst

Troph only
Sporozoites

Troph (ringed form)

Taxoplasma Gondii
IH: Man
DH: CAT
Trypanopasoma Cruzii
(Chagas Disease/American
Sleeping Disease)
Agent: Reduvid Bug (kissing
bug) painless
Trypanosoma Brucei
(American Sleeping
Disease) demyelinating
encephalitis
agent: Tsetse fly painful
(glossina)

Oocyst (fecal)

GS: Smear
Thick: check (+)
Thin: ID Species
Troph (bradyzoite)

Metacyclic
trypomastigote

Blood
trypomastigote

Metacyclic
trypomastigote

Blood
trypomastigote

CESTODES
Taenia Solium (Pork) and
Taenia Saginata (Beef)
Beef/Pork Tapeworm
Diphlyobotrium Latum
Fish Tapeworm
Echinococcus Granulosis
(Hydatid Disease)
IH: sheep/man DH: dog
TREMATODES
Schistosoma Japonicum
Oriental Blood Fluke
IH: Oncomelania Nipensis
Quadrasi
Paragonimus
Westermani
Lung Fluke
IH:Snail: Antamelania
Asperata
*Crab: Sundathelupsa
Philippina
Clonorchis Sinensis and
Opistorchis Viverrini
Asian Liver Fluke
IH: Snail (Parafossarulus)
IH: Fish (Cyprinidae)
NEMATODES
Ascaris Lumbricoides
Round worm
LOEFFLER Syndrome

Metronidazole
Diloxanide Furoate:
asymp cyst carriers
Metronidazole
Nitazoxanide
Metronidazole

Plasmodium
IH: Man
DH: Anopheles Flavirostris

Dinoflagellites

Treatment

Posterior kinetoplast,
undulating
membrane,
anteriorflagellum
Pyrodinium Banavontic Variation:
compression

Choloroquine,
Primaqine (only
tissue schizonte)
Quinine,
Co-artem (Phil)
Sulfadiazine +
Pyrimethamine (like
TMP-SMX)
Nifurtimox

Surmin (not cross

BBB) + Melarsoprol
(cross BBB)

Activated charcoal

Notes
Anchovy Smell
Clue Cells, Rotten Egg smell,
Steatorrhea, Malabsorption,
Backpackers Diarrhea
Autoinfection, HIV patients
Greenish Foul Smelling Disharges,
Strawberry Cervix
Relapse: Vivax and Ovale
Recrudescence: Malarie and Falciparum
Young RBC: vivax and ovale
Old RBC: Malariae
TORCH infections
Intracranial Calcifications
Megacolon
Megaesophagus
Myocarditis
Romanias Sign (periorbital edema)
Cyclical fever due to antigenic
variation
Mott Cells
Winterbottom Sign
Kerandel Sign
East: gamebiense
West: rhodesiense (more fatal)
Paralytic: SAXItoxin
Neurotoxic: BREVEtoxin
Diarrhetic: Okadaic Acid
Amnseic: Domoic Acid

Cystecerci
Eggs: T. Solium

Gravid proglotids

Praziquantel

Neurocystocercosis swiss cheese

appearance in brain (T. Solium)

Plenocercoid
larvae
Embryonated egg

Unembryonated egg

Praziquantel

Vit B12 Deficeincy

Hydatid cyst

Albendazole

PAIR Procedure (Puncture, Aspirate,

Inject 95% Alchohol, Reaspirate)

Cercaria

Egg feces
- Kato Katz

Praziquantel
Best: vector control

Swimmers Itch
Katayama Fever
Snail fever/bilharziasis

Metacercaria

Unembryonated egg
- 3% NaOH

Praziquantel

Closely resemble PTB

Metacercari

Unembryonated egg

Praziquantel

Cholangiocarcinoma

- direct fecal smear

Dx: Potassium per Manganate Stain

Embryonated egg
- ingest eggs

Fertilized eggs
- fecal smear and
kato-katz

Albendazole

Major Damage due to LARVAL

MIGRATION
Tissue rxn: LUNGS

Necator Americanus and

Ancylostoma Duodenale
Hook Worms

Filariform larvae
-penetrate skin

Eggs in feces
- fecal smear and
kato-katz

Albendazole + Fe
Replacement

0.25cc/worm/day
microcytic, hypochrominc anemia
TRANSPULMO Stage

Trichuris Trichuria
Whip Worm

Embryonated egg

Umembryonated egg
- fecal smear and
kato-katz

Mebendazole

Barrel Shaped/Chinese Lantern Eggs

with BIPOLAR plugs
RECTAL PROLAPSE

Embryonated egg
-inhaled and
ingested

D eggs on perianal
fold
- Graham Scotch
Tape Test
Rhabtidiform larvae
- Harada Mori

Pyrantel Pamoate

Oxyuriasis
Pruritus Ani Autoinfection
most common soil transmitted
helminth in developed countries
Larva Crurens
HYPERINFECTION of LUNGS
Autoinfection

Infective larvae
intestinal
nematode

Umembryonated egg
- fecal smear and
kato-katz

Albendazole

3rd stage of larva

-mosquito bite

Microfilariae
(curved/kinky)
- thick blood smear

Diethylcarbama
zine (DEC)

No anemia, No Transpulmo
stage
Enterobius Vermicularis
Pin worm, Sectoral worm
Strongyloides
Stercoralis
Thread Worm
facultative parasites
Capillilaria
Philippenensis
Pudok Worm
migratory bird
Wuchereria Bancroftyi
and
Brugia Malayi

Filariform larvae
-penetrate skin
-ground itch

Ivermectin

Peanut shaped with Flattened bipolar

plugs
BORBORGYMUS and Protein Losing
Enteropathy
Meyes Kouvemar Bodies in LUNGS
Expatriate syndrome, chyluria
MOST DEBILITATING and has nocturnal

Filariasis and LOA LOA

Trichinella Spirallis
Undercooked pork
IH:PIGS

and DEC test

Encysted Larvae
- muscle biopsy (striated muscle)

Thiabendazole

periodicity 8pm-4am
W.Bancroftyi:Hydrocele
Malayi:Elephantiasis
MCC of death: RESP. FAILURE
Nurse cells Respiratory
Respiratory Myositis