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Shock - Pathophysiology 
Inadequate tissue perfusion to meet O2, nutrient requirements
1. Distributive Shock
2. Hypovolemic Shock
3. Cardiogenic
Shock - Pathophysiology ... requirements 1. ... Hypovolemic Shock ... #Shock #Pathophysiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
Amebiasis - Balamuthia ... mandrillaris Life Cycle 1) ... mandrillaris #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... CAP present in 1 ... criteria: Septic shock ... CAP #Community #Acquired ... #severe #psi #diagnosis
Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
Amebiasis - Naegleria ... - Life Cycle 1) ... fowleri #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... complicated by septic shock ... CAP present in 1 ... criteria: Septic shock ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba ... Life Cycle 1) ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle 1) ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
solium Life Cycle 1) ... cysticerci. 5) Humans acquire ... TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus Life Cycle 1) ... Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases