Clinical Parasitology — Infectology · Expert Level

Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Amoebiasis is the infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica, the only amoebic protozoan truly pathogenic to humans (unlike E. dispar—morphologically identical but non-invasive—and E. moshkovskii). It affects ~500 million people and causes 40,000-100,000 deaths/year, being the second cause of mortality due to protozoa after malaria. Distribution: tropical and subtropical.

What it covers

1. Amebiasis — Entamoeba histolytica
2. · Biological Cycle
3. · Clinical Manifestations
4. Giardiasis and Benign Enteric Protozoosis
5. Cryptosporidium and Other Intestinal Coccidiosis
6. Malaria — Plasmodium spp.
7. · The Five Species of Plasmodium
8. · Severe Malaria — WHO Criteria 2015
9. · Diagnosis of Malaria
10. Chagas disease — Trypanosoma cruzi
11. · Clinical Phases
12. Leishmaniasis — Leishmania spp.
13. Toxoplasmosis — Toxoplasma gondii
14. Intestinal Nematodes — Geohelminths
15. Strongyloides stercoralis — The Hyperinfection Nematode
16. Uncinariasis and Cutaneous Larva Migrans
17. Toxocariasis and Filariasis
18. · Toxocariasis — Visceral and Ocular Larva Migrans
19. · Filarasis — Worms Transmitted by Insects
20. Taenia solium — Neurocysticercosis
21. Hydatidosis — Echinococcus spp.
22. · Alveolar Echinococcosis — E. multilocularis
23. Other Relevant Cestodes
24. Schistosomiasis — Schistosoma spp.
25. Hepatic Fasciolasis and Other Trematodes
26. · Fasciolasis — Fasciola hepatica
27. Scabies and Pediculosis
28. · Scabies — Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis
29. Eosinophilia and Parasitosis
30. Parasitological Diagnostic Techniques
31. Antiparasitic Pharmacology — Summary