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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
into the skin) Human ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle
High Pressure Injection Injury 

• External exam may look deceptively innocuous
• Delayed pain as inflammation sets
Distended, swollen digit ... pale, ischemic digit ... Hand #Diagnosis #Management
Prophylaxis Against Opportunistic Infections in Persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
#Pharm #Management #CD4Count #AIDS #HIV #Prophylaxis
in Persons with Human ... Infection #Pharm #Management
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
sporozoites) Human ... Ruptured schizont 5) Human ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle
Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Principles of Airway Management

Dr. Albert Chan @gaseousXchange

#Coronavirus #COVID19 #Airway #Management #CriticalCare
Principles of Airway Management ... Albert Chan @gaseousXchange ... COVID19 #Airway #Management
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Transmitted from human-to-human ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle
Suggested algorithm for bone marrow biopsy and skeletal imaging in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
normal free light-chain ... serum-free light-chain ... ratio <8) light-chain ... algorithm #diagnosis #management
Genital Warts (Human Papillomavirus) - CDC 2021 Treatment Guidelines
Recommended Regimens:
 • External anogenital warts
 • Urethral
Genital Warts (Human ... Genital #Warts #Human ... Treatment #Guidelines #Management
Cross-Reactivity of Penicillins and Cephalosporins

Cross reactivity of penicillin-allergic patients to cephalosporins has more to do with
with the R1 side chain ... Cephalosporins #Allergy #Management
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Parainfluenza virus, Human ... Respiratory failure Management ... Bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Management