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Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and lung ... Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Parasitic Cycle ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... Abscess Pathophysiology ... Coccidioides • Parasite ... #differential #causes
D-dimer
Plasma D-dimer is a product of clot breakdown, released upon degradation of polymerized, crosslinked fibrin. Elevated
D-dimer Plasma ... age, which can cause ... @DharSaty #Ddimer ... #dimer #pathophysiology ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
) Fungal: • CD4 ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... : • CD4 < 200 ... failure, COPD, Lung ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... lesions • 80% with lung ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
circulation in the lungs ... Intestinal #lifecycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
and migrate to lungs ... Ascariasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #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 #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Parasitic Cycle: ... stercoralis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite