Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Isospora belli - Coggle Diagram
Isospora belli
Morphology
Single form : oocyst
Each sporocyst form 4 sporozoite
Shape : Elipsoidal
Sporoblast mature to form sporocyst which forms sporozoite
Size 20 to 30 × 10 to 19µm
LAB DIAGNOSIS.
Modified acid fast staining technique
Fluorescence by auramin and rhodamine dye
Wet mount - iodine
PCR and ELISA molecular methods
PATHOGENESIS
Affects Immunocompromised people and causes general and major complications respectively.
Within 5 to 6 weeks recovery happens
Mostly Asymptomatic in nature
TREATMENT.
Clotrimazole
ORS - rehydration
LIFE CYCLE.
