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Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) - Malignancy Screening and Surveillance Recommendations 

Cholangiocarcinoma 
 - Annual US or
sclerosing cholangitis (PSC ... Screening and Surveillance ... months +/- AFP CRC ... #cholangitis #PSC ... Gastroenterology #Management
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
#Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite ... #fluke
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
Clonorchis #sinensis #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite ... #fluke
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance - BSG Guidelines 2019
High Risk - 1 Year
 •  Extensive colitis AND
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance ... last 5yrs • PSC ... relative with CRC ... #Colonoscopy #Surveillance ... #management
Fasciola hepatica - Liver Fluke Life Cycle - Fascioliasis 
Ruminants are the typical definitive hosts.
1) Unembroynated
hepatica - Liver Fluke ... . 7) Immature flukes ... hepatica #LiverFluke #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #Fascioliasis
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
Ancylostoma spp. ... Hookworm #Intestinal #lifecycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... community-acquired w/o ABx (esp ... improvement with Tx Management ... Infection #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance 
LOW RISK - Follow-up Colonoscopy at 3 years:
 • Quiescent disease , Endoscopic
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance ... risk factors for CRC ... or histo) OR • PSC ... #Colonoscopy #Surveillance ... #Guidelines #management
Colorectal Cancer screening in ulcerative colitis per new UC guidelines
- Colonoscopy is the recommended method for
and subsequent surveillance ... - Repeat surveillance ... sclerosing cholangitis (PSC ... Colorectal #Cancer #CRC ... Gastroenterology #Management