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Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
penetrate the intact skin ... Parasitic Cycle ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
Differential diagnosis ... of Skin + Eye infections ... , M. leprae • Parasitic ... febrilepodcast] #skin ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Differential Diagnosis ... endemic fungi - Parasitic ... Toxoplasmosis, Entamoeba Skin ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
penetrate the intact skin ... Parasitic Cycle: ... intestinal mucosa (or skin ... stercoralis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
Laboratory Diagnosis ... Laboratory testing of skin ... Arthritis-Dermatitis ... Tenosynovitis • Dermatitis ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
, inflammatory skin ... receptors in the skin ... medications #treatment #diagnosis ... and Subsequent Skin ... D, Galloway G, Murray
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
stage into the skin ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
- Differential Diagnosis ... Blooms (HABs) Skin ... • Cercarial dermatitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
encyst in the skin ... Metacercariae in flesh or skin ... sinensis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Primary skin and ... wound infections keratitis ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases