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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
P. falciparum causes ... ~75% of human malaria ... cases - Banana-shaped ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... Adenovirus - RSV - Human ... Coronavirus - Human ... #Differential #Microbiology ... #Causes #Agents
Capnocytophaga spp on Culture and Blood Smear
Associated w/ dog/human oral flora, can cause bacteremia in immunocompromised
Associated w/ dog/human ... oral flora, can cause ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology
Capnocytophaga
GNR with long fusiform shape.  Fastidious facultative anaerobe that grows slowly and needs enriched agar
C.
= most common cause ... severe disease in humans ... Diagnosis #Cats #Dogs #Microbiology
A Pediculus humanus (louse) nymph. 
Specimen was alive and in the video you can actually see
A Pediculus humanus ... louse #Pediculus #humanus ... clinical #microscopy #microbiology
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Microbiology
 • Typicals: Strep pneumoniae, H influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staph aureus,
Pneumonia (CAP) - Microbiology ... Adenovirus, RSV, Human ... Pneumonia #CAP #Microbiology
MONKEYPOX
Poxviruses that infect humans range from life-threatening smallpox virus to the very contagious but benign molluscum
Poxviruses that infect humans ... 2022, hundreds of cases ... incidentally to humans ... The first known human ... case of monkeypox
Clinical Manifestations of Human Herpes Viruses (HHV)

Herpes simplex virus 1	HSV-1	Frequently subclinical (80-90%) Oral lesions (10-20%) congenital
Manifestations of Human ... Mononucleosis Human ... Exanthema subitum Human ... Febrile illness #Human ... #Viruses #HHV #Microbiology
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
Infographic of common causes ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance #microbiology