PROTOZOAN part 1
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This document provides detailed notes on medically important protozoans found in the Philippines, specifically focusing on various types of amoebae. It includes specific morphological characteristics such as sizes, shapes, and arrangements of nuclei and cytoplasm for different species, including Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli. The content is based on the Philippine textbook of medical parasitology and offers insightful information relevant for medical studies.
PROTOZOAN part 1
- 1. Notes on Philippine Medically Important Protozoans Part 1 (Amoeba) Meccar Moniem Elino, BSBio IV , Davao Doctors College Instructor: Mrs. Chalee Sienes-Reyes, RMT, MSMT, Ph.D Reference: Philippine textbook of Medical Parasitology 2nd ed.(2004) UP. Edited by Vicente Y. Belizario, Jr. and Winifreda U. de Leon Cyst Tropohozoite No. of Chromatoidal Chromatoidal Size/Shape Cystic Wall Cytoplasm Karyosome Size/Shape Cytoplasm Endoplasm Nucleus karyosome Nucleus Bars Bars nucleus membrane is rounded grayish vacuoles single, lined by fine, smooth, ends with 10- violet with bluish black Entamoeba histolytica 5-20micra/spherical 1 to 4 central spherical regularly small, center definite glycogen 60micra/irr clear with nucleus; arranged mass demarcation ingested rbc chromatin granules 15-50micra, spherical with splintered grayish highly condensed, thick nuclear irregular smooth, ends with violet; there vacuolated Entamoeba coli 10-33micra/spherical 1 to 8 eccentric thickened, membrane chromatin large eccentric definite glycogen is no clear containing rounded lined with granules mass demarcation bacteria mass coarse 1 to 4 deeply vacuole may smooth, grayish 6- grayish small/spherical large irregular Endolimax nana 6-10micra/oval darkly stained contain definite granular 15micra/irr violet largenucleus centric/eccentric stained curved rods bacteria with clear demarcation of ecto and with 5- Entamoeba gingivalis x x x x x x endo, same bacteria and spherical center 35micra/irr pseudopodia rare rbc, direction of E. histolytica violet-gray vacuoles granular absent or smooth, 6- granular, may contain single large Iodamoeba butschlii 6 15 micra/irr 1 or rarely2 with large with stained definite 25micra/irr vacuolated bacteria and /spherical central/eccentric vacuole small rods yeast cells unsained granular, with 4-8 with 4-8 3- vacuolated Dientamoeba fragilis x x x x x x chromatin 2 chromatin 22micra/irr with granules granules bacteria