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Rigors And Bacteremia - Overview

• Rigors are a response to the release of cytokines and prostaglandins
Rigors And Bacteremia ... PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: ... derivatives, Toxins • Virus ... #Pathophysiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
MonkeyPox Virus - Summary Review - What we know so far

 • History
 • Epidemiology
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MonkeyPox Virus ... diagnosis #management #virus ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology #
Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV) - Viral Life Cycle

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#KSHV #Kaposi #Sarcoma #HerpesVirus
Sarcoma Herpes Virus ... #HerpesVirus #LifeCycle ... #pathophysiology ... #microbiology
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
#Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Asplenia and Infections - Important Pathogens:
 • Encapsulated bacteria: Strep pneumo, Neissera meningitidis, Capnocytophaga, H.flu, Bordetella
• Encapsulated bacteria ... febrilepodcast] #InfectiousDiseases ... Differential #Diagnosis #Microbiology
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... Parasite #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Anaplasma Infection - Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Pathophysiology: 
 • Obligate, intracellular bacteria
 • Transmitted via blacklegged tick —
phagocytophilum Pathophysiology ... intracellular bacteria ... Infection #diagnosis #microbiology
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
under BCNIE, these bacteria ... #Endocarditis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Microbiology #