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#protozoa #toxoplasma #leishmania #trypanosoma #babesia #malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium #cyclospora #cystisospora #entamoeba #acanthamoeba #microsporidia

#ID  #InfectiousDiseases
malaria #plasmodium #cryptosporidium ... #cyclospora #cystisospora ... microsporidia #ID #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Microbiology ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium Life Cycle
1) Thick-walled oocyst (sporulated) exits host
2) Contamination of water and food with
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Cyclosporiasis - Cyclospora cayetanensis Life Cycle
Oocyst (Unsporulated)
1) Excretion of unsporulated oocysts in the stool
2) Environmental contamination
3)
Cyclosporiasis - Cyclospora ... cayetanensis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
will depend On CD4 ... 4) Protozoal: Cryptosporidium ... Cystoisospora, Cyclospora ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Fecal-oral transmission occurs via ingestion of contaminated pool water or through direct contact with infected individuals/animals
cryptosporidiosis #cryptosporidium ... Bacteria #Pathogens #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDisease ... Gastroenteritis #CDC
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... Pathogen: • Cyclospora ... Cyclosporiasis #Cyclospora ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus #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
Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Plasmodium #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
) - Diagnosis and ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Tetracyclines Diagnosis ... • Flex-Sig: If diagnostic ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases