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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
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... 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 ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... Pulmonary TB and CD4 ... regardless of CD4 ... Opportunistic #Infections #management ... #infectiousdiseases
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) - CDC Guidelines

BIDMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship @BIDMC_IDFellows

#PostExposure #Prophylaxis #PEP #CDC #Guidelines #management #pharmacology
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP ... ) - CDC Guidelines ... #Prophylaxis #PEP ... #CDC #Guidelines ... #management #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
distress syndrome, PJP ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Procedural Sedation and Analgesia Medications 

#Management #Pain #Pharmacology #PSA
Assessment and Management ... Medications #Management ... #Pain #Pharmacology ... #PSA #Procedural
IDSA Recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy for purulent meningitis based on patient age and specific predisposing
Empiric #Coverage #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology # ... Management
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc