Intestinal Protozoa

Question	Answer
Morphologically the same for...	Amoeba, flagellates and cillates
Trophazoid Form	Mobile, causes infection
Cyst Form	Highly resistant for survival outside host
Image: Cyst (image/png)	Cyst form
Image: Trophozoid (image/png)	Trophozoid form
E.Hystolytica Life Cycle- Acquirement of Protozoa	Cyst form, from water or food
E.Hystolytica Life Cycle- Digestive Tract	Outer wall of cyst is digested, and trophazoid form matures
E.Hystolytica Life Cycle- Movement of Trophazoid	Trophazoid moves into the Large intestine and multiply
E.Hystolytica Life Cycle- Colonisation	Trophozoids may simply colonise the L.I and cause no symptoms
E.Hystolytica Life Cycle- Infection	Can cause infection in the L.I, leading to dysentry like symptoms and can lead to abcesses of the liver
E.Hystolytica Life Cycle- Unfavorable Environment	Trophoizoid converts back into cyst form and exits in stool
E.Hystolytica - Diagnosis	Cyst and trophozoid form in stool
Bantidium Coli Life Cycle	Same as that for E.hystolytica
Giardia Life Cycle- Entry	Through food or water
Giardia Life Cycle- G.I	Same as E.hystolytica, but prefers small intestine, attaching to wall using cup like structures
Giardia Life Cycle- Infection	Causes watery diarrhea that smells of rotten eggs

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