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Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Ubiquitous in soil ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... • Rhizopus and Mucor ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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waterbone, and soil-transmitted ... intracellular parasite ... water food or soil ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Parasitic Cycle: ... in intestinal mucosa ... penetrate intestinal mucosa ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
small intestinal mucosa ... small intestinal mucosa ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
penetrate the nasal mucosa ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Anisakiasis - Life Cycle
Anisakis, Pseudoterranova, Contracecum
1) Definitive hosts excrete unembryonated eggs in
2a) Eggs become embryonated in
in the gastric mucosa ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rhizopus arrhizus, Mucor ... organic debris and soil ... most often in soil ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases