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Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Strongyloides fuelleborni ... Lifecycle Free-Living ... Cycle 1) Eggs ... Parasitic Cycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... Lifecycle Free-Living ... Cycle: 1) Rhabditiform ... Parasitic Cycle: ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
An Approach to Jaundice Workup Algorithm by CBC and LFT Pattern

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong

#Jaundice #Workup
Approach to Jaundice Workup ... Algorithm by CBC ... DrEricStrong #Jaundice #Workup ... #Algorithm #Patterns
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Parainfluenza • CD4 ... ) Fungal: • CD4 ... Parasitic: • CD4 ... <50), Strongyloides ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus Life Cycle ... #Echinococcus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... Screen also for Strongyloides ... Eosinophil #Disorders #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm History ... ultrasound • CXR • CBC ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Plasmodium Life Cycle ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
philippinensis Life Cycle ... autoinfective cycle ... philippinensis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc