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C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... post-ABx, but can ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... #Cdiff #Clostridioides ... #infectiousdiseases
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
Hookworm Life Cycle 1) ... Ancylostoma spp. larvae can ... lifecycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
cruzi Life Cycle 1) ... manifestations can ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
mandrillaris Life Cycle 1) ... trophozoites) can ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
- Life Cycle 1) ... other water sports can ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
Acanthamoeba Life Cycle 1) ... trophozoites) can ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Heterophyiasis - Heterophyes heterophyes Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs each with a fully-developed miracidium are passed in
heterophyes Life Cycle 1) ... mammals and birds can ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Anisakiasis - Life Cycle
Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracecum
1) Definitive hosts excrete unembryonated eggs in
2a) Eggs become embryonated in
, Contracecum 1) ... of anisakiasis can ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
clinical forms: 1) ... by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... disseminated) can ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases