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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Sandfly takes a blood ... Sandfly takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
pressure in the blood ... potent effect on blood ... release from mast cells ... Medication #Causes #Differential ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Peripheral Smear ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... count with differential ... smear • Bone marrow
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
(NCPE) - Differential ... cells in the lung ... : • Pathophysiology ... • Pathophysiology ... #causes #differential
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Triatomine bug takes a blood ... Triatomine bug takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... + mass effect/Edema ... - +mass effect/Edema ... CNS #Infections #differential ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Humoral Immunity - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Antigens (Ag) are produced from pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites)
present Ag to CD4 ... + helper T cells ... circulate in the blood ... proliferate and differentiate ... Humoral #Immunity #pathophysiology
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) Diagnostic Algorithm
STEP 1 Perform a comprehensive history and complete physical examination.
STEP
urinalysis with microscopy ... test or TB whole-blood ... releasing assay, blood ... chest and abdomen/pelvis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #infectiousdiseases
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear ... dipstick test, microscopic ... Fever #Travel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases