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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life ... proboscis #Leishmaniasis ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis - Preferred Therapy:
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in HIV-AIDS Treating ... Visceral Leishmaniasis ... and CD4 count < ... #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
Recommendations for Preventing ... Infections in HIV-AIDS ... Preventing 1st ... Patients with CD4 ... #Treatment #management
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Visceral Leishmaniasis ... Management Summary ... antigen-specific CD4 ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
) - Diagnosis and ... Management - GrepMed ... Treatment Guideline ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Bacterial Enteric Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing Bacterial Enteric Illness:
 • Antimicrobial
Recommendations for Preventing ... Infections in HIV-AIDS ... Preventing Bacterial ... difficile Infection (CDI ... #Treatment #management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... #AIDS #opportunistic ... #InfectiousDiseases
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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and Management ... Summary Diagnostic ... incidentally via CBC ... of symptoms and prevention ... #Management #Summary
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... (Leishmaniosis, ... Unknown cause Treatment ... #management #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Toxoplasma gondii Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS
Indications for Initiating Primary Prophylaxis:
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Recommendations for Preventing ... Encephalitis in HIV-AIDS ... patients with CD4 ... #Treatment #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #management