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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
the skin) Human Stages ... cells Sandfly Stages ... amastigotes) 6) Ingestion ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
iron overload states ... Inhalation of spores ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... #Fungal #Diagnosis
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
amastigotes in new infection ... result from this infective ... Triatomine Bug Stages ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Safe Living After Transplant: Respiratory hygiene / respiratory infection prevention
 • Wear a mask when around
/ respiratory infection ... of exposure to fungal ... spores Aspergillus ... potentially other fungi ... #prevention #InfectiousDiseases
Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Coccidioidomycosis due to Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides
valley fever, is a fungal ... infection that ... southwestern United States ... ) • skin • bones ... Diagnosis #Management #infectiousdiseases