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Parasitology

3 topics in Parasitology for PGET Paper I Microbiology. Each one explains the concept simply, then gives exam-focus points and a quick revision list.

MalariaThe malaria parasites (P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, P. knowlesi), the life cycle in mosquito and human, why vivax relapses and falciparum kills, clinical features and severe malaria, laboratory diagnosis by thick and thin films and rapid tests with parasite counts worked out by hand, and treatment and prevention in Pakistan.Entamoeba histolytica and GiardiaThe two intestinal protozoa in the syllabus: Entamoeba histolytica (cysts and trophozoites, amoebic dysentery with flask-shaped ulcers, amoebic liver abscess with anchovy-sauce pus, diagnosis and metronidazole plus a luminal agent) and Giardia lamblia (pear-shaped trophozoites, malabsorption and fatty diarrhoea, diagnosis and treatment), compared with bacillary dysentery.Ancylostoma, Ascaris and EnterobiusThe three intestinal roundworms in the syllabus: hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator, skin penetration, iron-deficiency anaemia), Ascaris lumbricoides (the large roundworm, lung migration with Löffler syndrome, intestinal and biliary obstruction) and Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm, perianal itching, sellotape test), with their life cycles, diagnosis, treatment and the worm-burden and blood-loss arithmetic.
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