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Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
in duodenum 8) Adult ... #Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #fluke
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's ... Differential Diaqnoses ... Complications: MAS ... #Disease #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
in duodenum 6) Adults ... Clonorchis #sinensis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #fluke
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
hepatica - Liver Fluke ... biliary ducts. 8) Adult ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
10) Paired adult ... liver and shed in stools ... #Schistosoma #LifeCycle ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
infected fish. 5) Adults ... embryonated eggs lacking shells ... philippinensis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
Adult Onset Still's ... mL Gf consider MAS ... anti-lL6R, anti-ILI #Adult ... #onset #Stills ... #rheumatology #management
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management ... ROM +/- fever, chills ... osteomyelitis, trauma ... washout • Healthy Adults ... #Management #Summary
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Activation Syndrome (MAS ... arthritis (sJIA) • Adult-onset ... Still disease ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology