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General overview
Trypanosomiasis refers to african
sleeping sicknesss and american
sleeping sickness, two chronic and
eventually fatal diseases caused by
species of trypanosoma.
[ referenes and books]
● Richard A harvey pharmacology
● lange meical microbiology
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General overview
T. Brucei
-Causes sleeping
sickness in africa
-Transmitted by tsetse fly
- of two types :-
1.T.B. gambiense
slow to enter CNS and
treated with (suramin ,
pentamidine) in early
stages.
In west africa.
2. T.B. rhodesiense
Not fatal, early invade
CNS and treated with
(melarsopral)
in east africa.
types
T. Cruzi
-causes cardiomyopathy
in american infants
(chagas disease)
-transmitted by triatomid
bug in feaces
-treated by (nifurtimox)
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Pathological Overview
Transform
to
multicyclic
and wait
next bite
Metacyclic
Trypo-
mastigote
Transform
to blood
trypo-
mastigote
and
multiply
MIDGUT:
Transformed
to procyclic
trypo-
mastigote
and multiply
SALIVA:
Transform
to epi-
mastigote
and
multiply
Life Cycle
Tsetse bite normal
subjec with
Diagnostic stage
Infective stage
African tryp
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Pathological Overview
wait next
bite
Metacyclic
Trypo-
mastigote
Transform to
Amastigote
intracellularly
In RES
Transform
to trypo-
mastigote
and
released to
blood
Either
recycle
again or
form
psuedocyst
Life Cycle
Reduviid bug bite
normal subjec with
Diagnostic stage
Infective stage
American tryp
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pathology
African trypanosoma exhibit
remarkable antigenic variation on
their surface glycoprotein with
hundreds of antigens for:
- drugs in treatment
- immunity
While american one exhibit
lanosterol C14alpha demethylase
which is indispensible.
[ referenes and books]
● Richard A harvey pharmacology
● lange meical microbiology
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Signs and symptoms
-Demylinating
encephalitis:
fever, headache
myalgia and
samnolence.
- lymph-
adeno-pahty
( winterbottom’s
sign)
-others
-trypanosomal
chancre is
seen.
It is painfull.
-it disappear
after 10 days
-meningo
encephalitis.
-excessive
sleeping.
-Weight loss.
-Coma
-death
On bite
site
Early late
African tryp
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Signs and symptoms
-Mild fever
-Hepatomegaly
-Splenomegaly
-Asymptomatic
-Resolve in two
months or can
be treated
-chagoma is
seen.
If it is the eye,
it cause
unilateral
palpebral
swelling called
Roman’s sign
-Myocarditis
-Arrhythmia
-Mega colon
-Achlasia
-Death is due
to heart
failure
On bite
site
Early late
American tryp
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Diagnosis
Diagnosis for T.BruceiDiagnosis for T.BruceiDiagnosis for T.BruceiDiagnosis for T.Brucei
Specimen: blood, lymph
Csf and chancre
BoneBone
marrowmarrow
aspirateaspirate
ELISAELISA
IFA andIFA and
CATTCATT
ThickThick
and thinand thin
filmfilm
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Diagnosis
Diagnosis for T.cruziDiagnosis for T.cruziDiagnosis for T.cruziDiagnosis for T.cruzi
Specimen: blood (NNN)
BoneBone
marrowmarrow
aspirateaspirate
ELISAELISA
XenoXeno
diagnosisdiagnosis
but fatalbut fatal
MuscleMuscle
biobsybiobsy
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treatment
Uptake: by energy dependent carrier
(resistance associated)
Mechanism: interact with DNA
Side effects: tachycardia , dyspnoea
Vomiting and others.
PentamidinePentamidine
isethionateisethionate
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treatment
Mechanism: react with sulfhydryl
Group in parasite and host.
Pharmacokinetics: absorbed from
GIT, and appear in CSF.
Side effects: tachycardia , dyspnoea
Vomiting and others.
melarsoprolmelarsoprol
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treatment
for african tryp, primary TTT is
suramin sodium but pentamidine
used as alternative drug.
If CNS symptoms appear suramin
sodium followed by melarsoprol.
for american tryp, early form
canbe treated by nifurtimox (some
times used with gamma interferon)
and benznidazole is alternative.
Chronic form is untreatable!!!!