Parasitic Infections

Onchocerciasis: Onchocerca volvulus Africa, S.America
1. Lymph nodes, microfilaria blindness
Loa Loa Vector:Chrysops tabanid flies Skin swellings
Mycoses
1. Superficial
  1. Piedra: Trichosporon beigelii, Piedra hortae
  2. Tinea nigra
  3. Pityriasis versicolour: Malassezia furfur
  4. Tinia circinata: Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum, Epidermophyton floccusum
  5. Onchomycoses: Tinea unguium
2. Subcutaneous
  1. Eumycotic mycetoma: Madurella
  2. Chromoblastomycoses: cauliflower
  3. Phaeohyphomycosis: sinuses
3. Deep-seated
  1. Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces
  2. Histoplasma: soil, bird/bat feaces
  3. Coccoidioidomycoses
4. Opportunistic
  1. Candida albicans
  2. Aspergillus: flavus, niger, fumigatus
  3. Zygomycoses, Mucormycoses
Protozoa
1. Diarrhoea
  1. Balantidium coli
  2. Blastocystis
  3. Giardia lamblia
  4. Cryptosporidium parvum
2. Entamoeba histolytica
3. Naegleria fowleri
4. Pneumocystis carinii
5. Trichomonas vaginalis
6. Acanthomoeba
7. Toxoplasma gondii
Trematodes
Nematodes
Cestodes

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	Created by Emma Jones over 10 years ago