MIC 205 Exam 3 Eukaryotic Infections UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

MIC 205 Exam 3 Eukaryotic Infections UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS How do most protozoa move? - correct answer flagella Why do protozoa require moist environments? - correct answer very quickly Naegeria fowleri - correct answer - brain eating amoeba - warm lakes, hot water heaters, water parks lack cell wall so they dry out - get from traumatic entry into water or diving/swimming along bottom - no treatment, hope patient survives and give them palliative care What is the vector for leishmaniasis? - correct answer sandfly What are the manifestations of leishmaniasis? - correct answer visceral What happens with cutaneous leishmaniasis? - correct answer heals after year What happens with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis? - correct answer cutaneous, mucocutaneous, sandfly bites, causes ulcer, ulcer skin ulcer heals, but months/years later ulcers erupt in mouth and nouse, causing erosion of septum and soft palate progressively over 20-40 years What happens with visceral leishmaniasis? - correct answer vector, move through body into spleen and liver, 90% fatal What is the only treatment for leishmaniasis? - correct answer as bad as the disease due to its toxicity) get large load of protozoa from arsenic (treatment can almost be What does leishmaniasis travel in? - correct answer macrophages Where is trypanosoma dominant in and how is it transmitted? - correct answer transmitted by bite of tsetse fly What are the hallmarks of trypanosoma? - correct answer congo,