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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Promastigotes transform ... 7) Amastigotes transform ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes transform ... trypomastigotes transform ... They transform into ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
- Markers and Differential ... - T-cell - CD7 ... , CD3 Chronic ... - B-cell CD5 ... hematology #Markers #Differential
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Inside cells they transform ... Intracellular amastigotes transform ... infected tissues and transform ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Causes of hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Increased losses: enhanced urinary phosphate excretion
 • Decreased input:
hypophosphatemia - Differential ... intracellular transfer ... hypophosphatemia #Causes #Differential
Plasmodium falciparum life cycle
1: Mosquito bite, transmission of sporozoite
2: Liver, Asexual replication. 1 sporozoite → 10-30,000
other RBCs or transform ... Plasmodium #falciparum #lifecycle
Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Tough decisions: dc ... vs admit, transfer
Interpretation of Components of the CBC (Complete Blood Count)

#CBC #Interpretation #CompleteBloodCount #Hematology #Differential #Diagnosis #Laboratory
Components of the CBC ... Blood Count) #CBC ... CompleteBloodCount #Hematology #Differential
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Parainfluenza • CD4 ... ) Fungal: • CD4 ... Parasitic: • CD4 ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential ... #CD4
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc