Specimen Prep
Intestinal Amebae
Intestinal and Tissue Ciliates and Flagellates
Blood and Tissue Flagellates
Sporozoa
100
3 specimens
What is the ideal number of specimens to be collected for a complete O&P exam?
100
This type of morphology will be more likely seen in a liquid stool specimen.
What is a trophozoite?
100
intracellular flagellum
What is an axoneme?
100
female sandfly
What is the vector for Leishmania sp?
100
the vector for malaria
What is the female Anopheles mosquito?
200
Used as an alternative to PVA for safety concerns.
What is Sodium Acetate Formalin (SAF)?
200
Intestinal amebae move by using these.
What are pseudopods?
200
exhibits falling leaf motility
What is Giardia lamblia?
200
causes old world leishmaniasis aka oriental sore
What is Leishmania tropica?
200
Schnuffner's dots are characteristic for these species
What are P. vivax and P. ovale?
300
preparation used to view motility of trophozoites
What is a wet mount?
300
This cyst has 4 nuclei with a chromatoidal bar and a central karyosome.
What is Entamoeba histolytica?
300
The largest the largest intestinal ciliate.
What is Balantidium coli?
300
most severe of the Leishmania infections
What is Leishmania donovani?
300
produces the greatest morbidity and mortality of the plasmodium species
What is P. falciparum?
400
sedimentation and floatation
What are concentration techniques?
400
Excystation
What is the cyst transforming into the trophozoite form?
400
sexually transmitted flagellate
What is trichomonas vaginalis?
400
cause of african sleeping sickness
What is Trypanosoma?
400
tick-borne blood parasite causing disease similar to malaria
What is babesia sp?
500
Giemsa
What is the stain for identification of malarial parasites?
500
binary fission
What is the reproductive method for intestinal amebae?
500
this flagellate has no visible flagella and may be transmitted with pinworms
What is Dientamoeba fragilis?
500
causative organism for Chagas disease
What is Trypanosoma cruzi?
500
protozoa that typically infect cats and are seen in pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals
What is toxoplasma gondii?
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