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Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
microfilariae that migrate ... mosquito's midgut, and migrate ... L3 larvae 8) Migrate ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle
Plasmodium falciparum life cycle
1: Mosquito bite, transmission of sporozoite
2: Liver, Asexual replication. 1 sporozoite → 10-30,000
sporozoite that migrates ... Plasmodium #falciparum #lifecycle
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle ... filariform larvae migrate ... larvae hatch and migrate ... (or skin) and migrate ... #stercoralis #LifeCycle
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
in the gut and migrate ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle
Liver Flukes on ERCP
Here are liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) extracted from the bile duct during ERCP
flukes (Fasciola hepatica ... They then migrate ... ERCP #Fasciola #hepatica
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
Fasciola hepatica ... intestinal wall, and migrate ... Adult flukes in hepatic ... #Fasciola #hepatica ... #LiverFluke #LifeCycle
Differential Diagnosis of Hepatic Abscess #Diagnosis #EM #IM #InfectiousDisease #Hepatic #Abscess #Differential #Hydatid #Amoeba #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Hepatic ... InfectiousDisease #Hepatic ... Hydatid #Amoeba #Algorithm
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
fly's midgut, and migrate ... L3 larvae 8) Migrate ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... filariform larvae migrate ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pre-Hepatic - ... Hematoma Decreased Hepatic ... Johnson Post-Hepatic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm