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Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
Amebiasis - Naegleria ... Naegleria #fowleri #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Chorioretinitis • Diagnosis ... • Nocardia • Parasitic ... RingEnhancing #Lesions #Brain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology
Amebiasis - Balamuthia mandrillaris Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans
Amebiasis - Balamuthia ... #mandrillaris #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
CNS Infection in ... HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... #diagnosis #AIDS ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Mitosis
4) Amebae (cysts and trophozoites) can enter humans in
Amebiasis - Acanthamoeba ... #Amebiasis #Acanthamoeba ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... subcutaneous tissues, brain ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
amastigotes in new infection ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
and infects the CNS ... early stages of infection ... Diagnosis: MRI ... HIV and with low CD4 ... disorder #dementia #AIDS
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Lymphadenopathy, CNS ... possible in HIV PARASITIC ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #infectiousdiseases
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
yeast • At risk: AIDS ... especially the CNS ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... • Sinusitis • Brain ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases