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Lecture originally from University of Warwick Medical Student website adapted by Siobhan Quenby. Professor of Obstetrics. Yeasts vs Moulds. Single cell Reproduce by budding Identify using biochemical tests. tubular structures called hyphae
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Lecture originally from University of Warwick Medical Student websiteadapted by Siobhan Quenby Professor of Obstetrics
Yeasts vs Moulds • Single cell • Reproduce by budding • Identify using biochemical tests • tubular structures called hyphae • grow by branching and longitudinal extension. …and dimorphic fungi
Unicellular, • simple eukaryote • Broad range of diseases
Plasmodium sp. • Malaria • Giardia sp. • Diarrhoea • Leishmaniasis • Cutaneous and systemic infections • Amoebiasis • Dysentery, liver abscess • Trypanomonisasis • Sleeping sickness, Chagas disease
Malaria – Life Cycle Life Cycle of Plasmodium vivax
Malaria – Pathology : Sepsis Sepsis due to Malaria
Malaria – Pathology : Haemolysis Jaundice due to Malaria
Malaria – Pathology : Sequestration Erythrocyte Sequestration due to Falciparum Malaria
Malaria – Symptoms & Signs Benign + Falciparum Malaria : hot + cold sweats headache arthralgia + myalgia diarrhoea + vomiting hepatosplenomegaly anaemia Falciparum Malaria only : hypoglycaemia coagulopathy haemorrhage septic + hypovolaemic shock renal failure respiratory failure cerebral malaria = various CNS features that lead on to consciousness / fits / coma / death
Malaria – Investigations (Blood Films) Thick & Thin Blood Films
Malaria – Investigations (Blood Films) Thick & Thin Blood Films
Malaria – Investigations (Blood Films) Malaria Parasites at Various Stages
Malaria – Investigations (Malaria Antigen Tests) Negative Non-Falciparum Falciparum or Mixed
Malaria – Treatment Supportive treatment & management of sepsis … Benign Malaria chloroquine 600 mg then 300 mg after 8 hours then chloroquine 300 mg daily for another 2 days followed by primaquine 15 mg for 14 days to eradicate Falciparum Malaria quinine 600 mg (or 10 mg/kg if IV) every 8 hours for 7 days followed by doxycycline 200 mg daily for 7 days to eradicate alternatives are : malarone (4 tablets daily for 3 days) riamet (4 tablets at 0, 8, 24, 36, 48 & 60 hours)
Malaria – Supportive Management Complicated falciparum malaria should be treated in an ITU / HDU Monitor : Glasgow Coma Scale / AVPU score temperature heart rate blood pressure (invasive CVP monitoring) respiratory rate (urine output / fluid balance) blood glucose FBC (Hb + platelets) clotting tests renal function chest radiograph
Malaria – Supportive Management May also include : nasogastric tube ventilation if GCS < 8 treat seizures + continue anti-convulsants reduce temperature with tepid sponging + paracetamol optimise fluid balance (CVP +5 to +10) + maintain urine output treat pulmonary oedema → sit upright / high % oxygen / IV diuretic consider haemofiltration / venesection treat hypoglycaemia + continue 10% glucose infusion transfuse if Hb < 7 g/dl or haematocrit < 20% (with frusemide cover) transfuse if platelets < 20 x 109 / litre + signs of bleeding consider clotting factors (FFP) if DIC develops consider haemodialysis if ARF develops
Treatments • Malaria • Quinine, artesunate, chloroquine • Giardiasis • Metronidazole • Leishmaniasis • Amphotericin B
Helminths • Most prevalent human infection • Multicellular • Usually life cycle involving more than one host with an egg, larval and adult stage
Helminths • Round worms • Nematodes • Tape worms • Cestodes • Schistosomiasis • Trematodes
Roundworms : hookworm • 10% worlds population • Can cause iron deficiency anaemia
Treatments • Hookworms • Mebendazole • Albendazaole • Schistosomiasis/ tapeworms • Priziquantel