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Strongyloides stercoralis L3 (filariform) larvae - bronchoalveolar lavage fluid microscopy

Bobbi Pritt, MD @ParasiteGal

#Strongyloides #stercoralis #filariform #larvae
L3 (filariform) larvae ... bronchoalveolar lavage ... stercoralis #filariform #larvae ... BAL #microscopy #parasite
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
consciousness • Large ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
) Rhabditiform larva ... to filariform larva ... 4) Filariform larva ... Re-activated larvae ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Filariform larvae of Strongyloides strongylodiasis on sputum microscopy
BMT patient with abd pain and rash. Treated with
Filariform larvae ... #Filariform #larvae ... #microbiology #parasite
Botfly Larvae on POCUS
JEM Case of the week: 22 yo previously healthy woman presents with an
Botfly Larvae on ... that is a Botfly Larvae ... jem_journal #Botfly #Larvae ... clinical #ultrasound #parasite
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
by infectious larvae ... of the feet) Larvae ... bloodstream to the pulmonary ... Larvae are then ... Infective larvae
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
Embryonated egg with L3 larva ... intestine 6) Hatched larvae ... to lungs. 7) Larvae ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
) Rhabditiform larvae ... ) Rhabditiform larvae ... ) Rhabditiform larvae ... filariform (L3) larvae ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... redistribution of pulmonary ... patients who have a large ... have non-cardiac pulmonary ... a superimposed pulmonay
Diphyllobothriasis - Diphyllobothrium Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated eggs passed in feces
2) Eggs embryonate in water
3) Coracidia hatch
4) Procercoid larvae ... fish Procercoid larva ... into plerocercoid larva ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite