Medical Microbiology

Drugresistance.Theresistanceofmalariaplasmodiatocertainantimalarial drugsisagrowingproblem.ResistanceisclassifiedfromRI(lowgrade ...

Themainaimofthesemeasuresispreventionofthelife-threateningmalig- nanttertianmalaria(malariatropica)causedbyP.falciparum. &Mo ...

areasthaninruralareasandmayevenbenegligibleinacity(exception:cer- taincitiesintropicalAfricaandIndia).Thefollowingprotectivemeas ...

— Beginwithchemoprophylaxisatthelatestonetotwoweeksbeforetravel- ingtoamalariousarea.Duringthisperiod,potentialsideeffectscanbe ...

Babesia Causativeagentofbabesiosis BabesiaspeciesareapicomplexanbloodparasitesoftheorderPiroplasmidathat occurquitefrequentlyind ...

Morphologyandlifecyle.Microsporareproduceintracellularlybymeansof repeated,asexualbinaryormultiplefission(merogony),thenformspor ...

creasesandthepolartubule,whichisupto 100 lmlong,isextrudedrapidly. Ifthetipofthepolartubulepenetratesthewallofanenterocyte,thesp ...

Occurrence: InHIVpatients,butlessfrequentthanEnterocytozoonbieneusi;(inaGer- manstudythispathogenwasfoundin 2 %of 97 patients).T ...

&Otherspeciesinfectinghumans Brachiola(formerlyNosema)connori(disseminatedininternalorgans),No- semaocularum(cornea),Microsp ...

10 Helminths J.Eckert Helminths(helmins:worm)areparasiticmetazoansfromthephylaPlaty- helmintha (flatworms), Nematoda (roundworms ...

544 10 Helminths EggsandLarvaeofImportantHelminths Taenia spp. Hymenolepis nana Ascaris lumbricoides Strongyloides stercoralis L ...

Helminths 545 Table 1 0. 1 ClassificationofHelminthsMentionedintheText Phylum &Superclass*** &Class** &Subclass* Ord ...

546 10 Helminths Platyhelmintha(syn.Platyhelminthes) Trematoda(Flukes) General.Mostofthetrematodespeciesthatparasitizehumansared ...

Platyhelmintha(syn.Platyhelminthes) 547 cum(SoutheastAsiaandthewesternPacific,especiallyChina,Indonesia,the Philippines,butnolon ...

548 10 Helminths Table 1 0. 2 SchistosomaSpeciesthatCommonlyInfectHumans^1 Schistosoma speciesand length(mm) Mainlocationof adul ...

Platyhelmintha(syn.Platyhelminthes) 549 Theadultparasitesliveinthelumenofveins.Table 1 0. 2 summarizesdataon variousSchistosomas ...

550 10 Helminths Schistosomamansoni:LifeCycle 1 7 2 3 4 5 6 Fig. 1 0.4 1Maleandfemale; 2 eggwithmiracidium; 3 miracidium; 4 inte ...

Platyhelmintha(syn.Platyhelminthes) 551 MigrationofSchistosomesintheHumanBody Infection!schistosomulapenetratesubcutaneoustissue ...

552 10 Helminths tosomafemales.Alargeproportion(upto 50 %)oftheeggslaidremainin humanbodytissues,notonlyneartheworms(urinaryblad ...

Platyhelmintha(syn.Platyhelminthes) 553 &Intestinalschistosomosis(intestinalbilharziosis).Causativeagents: mainlyS.mansonian ...