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Gout: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 - Conditions of rapid cell turnover: hemolysis, psoriasis, lymphoproliferative disorders
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Gout: Pathogenesis ... for excretion in urine ... cascade results in leukocyte ... Hyperuricemia #Pathophysiology ... Complications #Gout
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinalysis & Urine ... exclusively on urine ... • Ketones • Leukocyte ... Bacteria, yeast and parasites ... dipstick #nitrite #leucocyte-esterase
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
urethra), stagnant urine ... systems, or stagnant urine ... Tenderness - Urine ... (+) Nitrites, Leukocyte ... UrinaryTractInfection #LUTI #Pathophysiology
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 ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Uric Acid Homeostasis
In the liver, purines are metabolized to uric acid. The last step in purine
The last step in purine ... The gout drug pegloticase ... #Homeostasis #Gout ... #Pathophysiology
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
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
peripheral blood leukocytes ... on the left Myeloblast ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
: in feces, in urine ... ; eggs shed in urine ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
from eggs, seek out ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Fertilization in gut ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite