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Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
invade second intermediate ... Metacercariae in second intermediate ... #Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #fluke
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
hepatica - Liver Fluke ... seek out snail intermediate ... penetrate snail intermediate ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
ingested by the snail intermediate ... Clonorchis #sinensis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #fluke
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
develop in tissue of intermediate ... philippinensis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver fluke) Life Cycle

The trematode Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver
oriental liver fluke ... foodborne pathogen and cause ... suitable snail intermediate ... sinensis #liverfluke #LifeCycle ... #Parasite #CDC
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Causes of Fat Malabsorption ... Infection— liver fluke ... disease • IBD- CD ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
ingested by normal intermediate ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Table of Causes of Anterior, Posterior and Intermediate Uveitits and Systemic Features

#Uveitits #panuveitis #diagnosis #differential #Causes
Table of Causes ... Posterior and Intermediate ... #differential #Causes ... Anterior #Posterior #Intermediate ... #Table #ophthalmology
Angiostrongyliasis - Angiostrongylus costaricensis Life Cycle
1) Eggs hatch in the ileum, and first-stage larvae are passed
ingested by gastropod intermediate ... two molts in the intermediate ... eggs in tissues causes ... costaricensis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... #differential #causes