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Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis ... East and Latin America ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... • Treatment: ... Chagas #Disease #American ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
African Trypanosomiasis ... #African #Trypanosomiasis ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... reported in Latin America ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... cdc #parasite #american
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... travelers Carribean & Americas ... Latin America, Southeast ... unable to complete lifecycle ... No treatment is
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease (American ... trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis ... • Treatment: ... Chagas #Disease #American ... #Microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
CLINICAL FEATURES - 3 PHASES ... , weight loss DIAGNOSIS ... • IgG ELISA TREATMENT ... #Stercoralis #diagnosis ... parasites #Threadworm #lifecycle
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
Valley Fever) - Diagnosis ... Immunosuppressant drug use • African ... TREATMENT: Clinically ... Valley #Fever #Diagnosis ... #Management #infectiousdiseases