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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 ... L3) larvae. 6) Infective ... #Strongyloides # ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... L3) larvae. 6) Infective ... #Strongyloides # ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Strongyloides stercoralis on Microscopy (Duodenal Fluid)

38 year old male truck driver in Buenos Aires.  Kidney
ATG induction. ... infection after ... The main parasite ... clinical #Microscopy #microbiology ... #parasite
Differential diagnosis of Skin + Eye infections
 • Bacterial: Staph spp, Strep spp, Pseudomonas spp, Bartonella,
of Skin + Eye infections ... , M. leprae • Parasitic ... #dermatology #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Differential ... viral #fungal #Microbiology
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Strongyloides Stercoralis ... by infectious larvae ... Unlike other parasites ... travel back to lung ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
Primary site of infection ... 9%, up to 20% lung ... diagnosis #management #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... spp, Atypical infection ... Penicillium marneffei Parasitic ... gondii (CD4<50), Strongyloides ... failure, COPD, Lung
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
commonly liver and lung ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Mechanism Of Infection ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... Trichuris • Strongyloides ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
amastigotes) 6) Ingestion ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite