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Suggested algorithm for follow-up of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
Mayo Clinic Risk Stratification Model. CBC,
CBC, complete blood ... Followup #algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
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 ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
of peripheral blood ... on the left Myeloblast ... cultures, including blood ... neutrophil #WBC #CBC #hematology ... #pathophysiology
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
) Tick takes a blood ... ) Tick takes a blood ... Babesia #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Mosquito takes a blood ... schizont 5) Human Blood ... Plasmodium #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Hemolytic Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... type ± C3d • Blood ... Hemolytic #Anemia #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... available • Blood ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
Mosquito takes a blood ... into lymph and blood ... filariasis #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
CNS infection Diagnosis ... available • Blood ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis ... #management #infectiousdiseases
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Disease, PRES Pathophysiology ... thrombosis and/or blood-brain ... permeability Diagnosis ... #cerebritis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment