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Gout: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 - Conditions of rapid cell turnover: hemolysis, psoriasis, lymphoproliferative disorders
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Gout: Pathogenesis ... cascade results in leukocyte ... Chronic tophaceous gout ... Hyperuricemia #Pathophysiology ... Complications #Gout
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
promastigote stage in the gut ... Divide in the gut ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Lung Microbiome - The dysbiosis-inflammation cycle. Inflammation of the airways alters environmental growth conditions of airway
metabolite signaling to leukocytes ... inflammation #cycle #pathophysiology ... #pulmonary
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... disease states Pathophysiology ... Conditions for Gout ... Intercritical Gout ... Intracellular (leukocyte
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Fertilization in gut ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
from eggs, seek out ... #Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 1 – In an initiating phase, there is lung alveolar
of idiopathic pulmonary ... with both fall-out ... #IPF #Pathophysiology ... Fibrosis #Idiopathic #Pulmonary
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
trypomastigotes, then burst out ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
from eggs, seek out ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Figure 1. The life cycle of Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Rats, as definitive hosts, acquire A. cantonensis when the
migrate to the pulmonary ... and are excreted out ... #Pathophys #LifeCycle