MOD’s MICROBIOLOGY CHEAT SHEET
Type
PROTOZOAN
Entamoeba Histolytica
Giardia Lamblia
“falling leaf” motility
Crytosporidium Parvum
Trichenella Vaginalis
Plasmodium
IH: Man
DH: Anopheles Flavirostris
Taxoplasma Gondii
IH: Man
DH: CAT
Trypanopasoma Cruzii
(Chaga’s Disease/American
Sleeping Disease)
Agent: Reduvid Bug (kissing
bug) painless
Trypanosoma Brucei
(American Sleeping
Disease) – demyelinating
encephalitis
agent: Tsetse fly painful
(glossina)
Dinoflagellites
CESTODES
Taenia Solium (Pork) and
Taenia Saginata (Beef)
“Beef/Pork Tapeworm”
Diphlyobotrium Latum
“Fish Tapeworm”
Echinococcus Granulosis
(Hydatid Disease)
IH: sheep/man DH: dog
TREMATODES
Schistosoma Japonicum
“Oriental Blood Fluke”
IH: Oncomelania Nipensis
Quadrasi
Paragonimus
Westermani
“Lung Fluke”
IH:Snail: Antamelania
Asperata
*Crab: Sundathelupsa
Philippina
Clonorchis Sinensis and
Opistorchis Viverrini
“Asian Liver Fluke”
IH: Snail (Parafossarulus)
IH: Fish (Cyprinidae)
NEMATODES
Ascaris Lumbricoides
“Round worm”
LOEFFLER Syndrome
Necator Americanus and
Ancylostoma Duodenale
“Hook Worms”
Trichuris Trichuria
“Whip Worm”
No anemia, No Transpulmo
stage
Enterobius Vermicularis
“Pin worm, Sectoral worm”
Strongyloides
Stercoralis
“ Thread Worm”
facultative parasites
Capillilaria
Philippenensis
“Pudok Worm”
migratory bird
Wuchereria Bancroftyi
and
Brugia Malayi
Infective Stage Dx Stage Treatment Notes
Mature cyst Immature, mature Metronidazole Anchovy Smell
and trophozoite Diloxanide Furoate:
asymp cyst carriers
Cyst Cyst and troph Metronidazole Clue Cells, Rotten Egg smell,
Steatorrhea, Malabsorption,
Backpackers Diarrhea
Thicked walled oocyst Nitazoxanide Autoinfection, HIV patients
Troph only Metronidazole Greenish Foul Smelling Disharges,
Strawberry Cervix
Sporozoites Troph (ringed form) Choloroquine, Relapse: Vivax and Ovale
Primaqine (only Recrudescence: Malarie and Falciparum
GS: Smear tissue schizonte) Young RBC: vivax and ovale
Thick: check (+) Quinine, Old RBC: Malariae
Thin: ID Species Co-artem (Phil)
Oocyst (fecal) Troph (bradyzoite) Sulfadiazine + TORCH infections
Pyrimethamine (like Intracranial Calcifications
TMP-SMX)
Metacyclic Blood Nifurtimox Megacolon
trypomastigote trypomastigote Megaesophagus
Myocarditis
Romania’s Sign (periorbital edema)
Metacyclic Blood Surmin (not cross Cyclical fever due to antigenic
trypomastigote trypomastigote BBB) + Melarsoprol variation
(cross BBB) Mott Cells
Posterior kinetoplast, Winterbottom Sign
undulating Kerandel Sign
membrane, East: gamebiense
anteriorflagellum West: rhodesiense (more fatal)
Pyrodinium Banavontic Variation: Activated charcoal Paralytic: SAXItoxin
compression Neurotoxic: BREVEtoxin
Diarrhetic: Okadaic Acid
Amnseic: Domoic Acid
Cystecerci Gravid proglotids Praziquantel Neurocystocercosis “swiss cheese”
Eggs: T. Solium appearance in brain (T. Solium)
Plenocercoid Unembryonated egg Praziquantel Vit B12 Deficeincy
larvae
Embryonated egg Hydatid cyst Albendazole PAIR Procedure (Puncture, Aspirate,
Inject 95% Alchohol, Reaspirate)
Cercaria Egg feces Praziquantel Swimmers Itch
- Kato Katz Best: vector control Katayama Fever
Snail fever/bilharziasis
Metacercaria Unembryonated egg Praziquantel Closely resemble PTB
- 3% NaOH
Metacercari Unembryonated egg Praziquantel Cholangiocarcinoma
- direct fecal smear Dx: Potassium per Manganate Stain
Embryonated egg Fertilized eggs Albendazole Major Damage due to LARVAL
- ingest eggs - fecal smear and MIGRATION
kato-katz Tissue rxn: LUNGS
Filariform larvae Eggs in feces Albendazole + Fe 0.25cc/worm/day
-penetrate skin - fecal smear and Replacement microcytic, hypochrominc anemia
kato-katz TRANSPULMO Stage
Embryonated egg Umembryonated egg Mebendazole Barrel Shaped/Chinese Lantern Eggs
- fecal smear and with BIPOLAR plugs
kato-katz RECTAL PROLAPSE
Embryonated egg D eggs on perianal Pyrantel Pamoate Oxyuriasis
-inhaled and fold Pruritus Ani  Autoinfection
ingested - Graham Scotch most common soil transmitted
Tape Test helminth in developed countries
Filariform larvae Rhabtidiform larvae Ivermectin Larva Crurens
-penetrate skin - Harada Mori HYPERINFECTION of LUNGS
-ground itch Autoinfection
Infective larvae Umembryonated egg Albendazole Peanut shaped with Flattened bipolar
intestinal - fecal smear and plugs
nematode kato-katz BORBORGYMUS and Protein Losing
Enteropathy
3rd stage of larva Microfilariae Diethylcarbama Meyes Kouvemar Bodies in LUNGS
-mosquito bite (curved/kinky) zine (DEC) Expatriate syndrome, chyluria
- thick blood smear MOST DEBILITATING and has nocturnal
 and DEC test periodicity 8pm-4am
Filariasis and LOA LOA W.Bancroftyi:Hydrocele
Malayi:Elephantiasis
Trichinella Spirallis Encysted Larvae Thiabendazole MCC of death: RESP. FAILURE
Undercooked pork - muscle biopsy (striated muscle) Nurse cells Respiratory
IH:PIGS Respiratory Myositis