Fecal-Oral Protozoa
This protozoan causes bloody diarrhea and liver abscesses and is transmitted via contaminated food or water.
What is Entamoeba histolytica?
This parasite causes malaria and is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.
What is Plasmodium falciparum?
RUQ pain after fatty meals and stones in the gallbladder suggests this condition.
What is Cholelithiasis?
This roundworm causes perianal itching and is diagnosed using the tape test.
What is Enterobius vermicularis?
AST > ALT and Mallory bodies are key features of this liver disease.
What is Alcoholic Hepatitis?
Known as "beaver fever," this protozoan causes greasy diarrhea and bloating.
What is Giardia lamblia?
Romana's sign is associated with this protozoan infection.
What is Trypanosoma cruzi/Chagas disease?
Chronic pancreatitis eventually leads to this endocrine complication.
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
A patient with bare feet, iron-deficiency anemia, and eosinophilia likely has this worm.
What is Hookworm - Ancylostoma or Necator?
Ground-glass hepatocytes are seen in this viral infection.
What is Hepatitis B?
Immunocompromised patients are at risk for this protozoan that causes chronic watery diarrhea and is detected with acid-fast stain
What is Cryptosporidium?
The Maltese cross on blood smear is characteristic of this tick-borne protozoan.
What is Babesia microti?
A mass in the pancreas, salt-and-pepper chromatin, and hypoglycemia suggest this type of tumor.
What is Insulinoma — a PanNET?
This whip-shaped worm affects the colon, not the lungs, and can lead to growth delays in kids.
What is Trichuris trichiura?
A patient with Kayser-Fleischer rings and neurologic symptoms may have this inherited liver disorder.
What is Wilson disease?
Name one condition that increases the risk for Giardia infection.
What is IgA deficiency or PPI use?
This protozoan, spread by the sandfly, can cause non-healing ulcers and mucosal lesions.
What is Leishmania?
This pancreatic anomaly results from failure of fusion of the dorsal and ventral ducts.
What is Pancreas Divisum?
Seizures caused by cysts in the brain due to pork ingestion point to this cestode.
What is Taenia solium — Neurocysticercosis?
What liver condition is associated with obesity, diabetes, and steatosis, and may mimic alcoholic liver injury?
What is NAFLD/NASH?
This parasite's trophozoites contain central chromatin and Gal/GalNAc lectin.
What is Entamoeba histolytica?
Which parasite causes cyclic fevers and shows banana-shaped gametocytes on smear?
What is Plasmodium falciparum?
A gallstone in the common bile duct causing fever, RUQ pain, and jaundice is called this.
What is Ascending Cholangitis?
Which nematode can cause polymicrobial sepsis in immunosuppressed patients due to autoinfection?
What is Strongyloides stercoralis?
Name two causes of micronodular cirrhosis.
What are Hemochromatosis and Wilson Disease?