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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Sandfly takes a blood ... Sandfly takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
) Tick takes a blood ... ) Tick takes a blood ... ) Tick takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Mosquito takes a blood ... schizont 5) Human Blood ... Mosquito takes a blood ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
Mosquito takes a blood ... into lymph and blood ... Mosquito takes a blood ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
Classification Types - Pathophysiology ... Comparison Obstructive ... a blockage in blood ... #Shock #Types #Pathophysiology ... #Comparison #criticalcare
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection (CDI ... Diarrhea (>3 BM/d) ± blood ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... x 10d • 1st CDI ... IDSA 2021 CDI
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
Simulium) takes a blood ... in peripheral blood ... Blackfly takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
sputum, peripheral blood ... 4) Fly takes a blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
of high parity blood ... donor • Pathophysiology ... transfusion • Pathophysiology ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
Tsetse fly takes a blood ... fluids, e.g., blood ... trypomastigotes in blood ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc