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Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
wound) Human Stages ... connective tissues, but also ... Blackfly Stages: ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
prostaglandins as ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... Double-stranded RNA • Fungi ... Rigors #Bacteremia #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
membranes, such as ... c.onjunctiva) Human Stages ... Triatomine Bug Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Safe Living After Transplant: Respiratory hygiene / respiratory infection prevention
 • Wear a mask when around
crowded areas as ... of exposure to fungal ... spores Aspergillus ... potentially other fungi ... infection #prevention #InfectiousDiseases
Locked-in Syndrome (LiS) in ALS

What happens when ALS patients opt for mechanical ventilation? They can become
Syndrome (LiS) in ALS ... What happens when ALS ... locked in at the final ... stages. ... #clinical #video
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• Dimorphic fungus ... • The fungus ... basins, midwestern states ... (2%): Presents as ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
iron overload states ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... that exists as ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases