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Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and lung ... Echinococcus #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... (HSV): • CD4 ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... < 200: CMV, HSV ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... failure, COPD, Lung ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
canimorsus • Virus ... : HIV (Predisposing ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... #differential #diagnosis ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... : • CBC - Leukocytosis ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... several months of treatment ... Coccidioides • Parasite
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
circulation in the lungs ... Intestinal #lifecycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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immunodeficiency virus ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... acquisition in which no diagnostic ... antibody test) Treatment ... #diagnosis
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
and migrate to lungs ... Ascariasis #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... PARASITIC PNEUMONIAS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
CMV infection: virus ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... and CD4 50 or less ... : • Neurologic ... #AIDS #diagnosis