Differences between the characters of stools in amoebic and Bacillary Dysentery. Difference # Amoebic Dysentery: 1. Number of motions: 6 to 8 times in 24 hrs. 2. Causal organism: Entamoeba histolytica 3. Macroscopic pathology: Passage of loose stools with mucus and little blood. Colour of blood: Dark red (altered blood) Consistency: Liquid or formed; mucus not adherent to the container. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the life history of Entamoeba histolytica (explained with diagram). Amoebiasis or more correctly it should be called as amoebic dysentery is caused by a protozoan parasite known as Entamoeba histolytica. This kind of protozoan parasite resides in the mucous and sub-mucous layer of the large intestine specially at the iliocaecal junction and cause [...]
Haemoflagellates has two stages in its life cycle: A. the amastigote form, occurring in man and B. the promastigote form occurring in sand-fly. A. Life cycle in Man: (a) Infection: L. donovani is transmitted to man by the sand-fly, Phlebotomus argentipes. In case of this parasite sand-fly acts as vector. The insect vector which has fed on some suitable fruit [...]