6 results
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... Patients First Tier Microbiologic-Testing ... Ova and Parasite ... Colonoscopy +/- ... Workup #Management #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute diarrhea ... Parasitic infections ... occult blood - Colonoscopy ... #management #algorithm
Solid Organ Transplant - Diarrhea - Diagnostic and Workup Algorithm
1st Tier Microbiologic Testing: CDiff (stool), CMV
Organ Transplant - Diarrhea ... Diagnostic and Workup Algorithm ... 1st Tier Microbiologic ... stool), Ova and Parasites ... medications 2) Colonoscopy
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Clinical Course: ... Degenerative: Parasite ... Neurocysticercosis #NCC #parasites ... #infectiousdiseases ... solium #management #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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intracellular parasite ... cramping, Watery diarrhea ... routine O&P • Clinical ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Unlike other parasites ... symptoms: - GI: diarrhea ... sputum #microscopy #clinical ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology