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Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni ... Lifecycle Free-Living ... #Strongyloides # ... fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... Lifecycle Free-Living ... #Strongyloides # ... stercoralis #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection - Physical examination revealed reticulated purpuric patches with dusky centers on the abdomen,
Strongyloides stercoralis ... hemorrhage and Strongyloides ... B, arrow) and parasites ... #Clinical #Derm ... #Pathology #InfectiousDisease
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... (TST) False-negative ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Clinical manifestations ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Heterophyiasis - Heterophyes heterophyes Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs each with a fully-developed miracidium are passed in
intestine 8) Fish-eating ... #Heterophyes #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... contact, farming CLINICAL ... carry flora + Strongyloides ... diagnosis #management #parasites ... #Threadworm #lifecycle
Approach to chronic meningitis (defined as lasting for 4 weeks or more, and separate from recurrent
meningitis (defined as lasting ... of the patient, clinical ... mycobacteria – Parasitic ... : strongyloides,
Strongyloidiasis Treatment
Asymptomatic ± eosinophilia (Very low risk):
 • Diagnostic: Serology, Stool Ova and parasites (O&P) examination
Stool Ova and parasites ... larval shedding and clinical ... Treatment #management #strongyloides ... #parastie #infectiousdiseases
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
infectious despite negative ... testing. ... Emergency Medicine #Clinical ... POCUS #Urology #InfectiousDiseases