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Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... intervention CMC ... CMC_IM #Potts #Disease ... #Diagnosis #Management
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
#Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... #Parasite #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
Hookworm #Intestinal #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
intermediate risk of disease ... testing (TST) False-negative ... because false-negative ... sample = 95% • A negative ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases