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Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
passed in feces. 2) ... Parasitic Cycle ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... Bacterial • Parasitic ... • Short Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) vs. Kawasaki Disease
CDC Case Definition for MIS-C;
 • < 21
Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome ... Kawasaki Disease CDC ... hospitalization • >2 ... diagnosis #peds #pediatrics ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
intestine eggs 2) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Human Stages: 2) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Liver Stages 2) ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome ... disomy: inheriting 2 ... Obesity -> Type 2 ... #genetics #pathophysiology ... #peds #pediatrics
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
excreted in stool. 2) ... Parasitic Cycle: ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (PIMS-TS)
Clinical features
all: fever > 101.3 F
most: oxygen
Pediatric Inflammatory ... Multisystem Syndrome ... with SARS-CoV-2 ... neck swelling #Pediatrics ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
introduced into host) 2) ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite