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Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
Filariasis - Life ... Wuchereria #bancrofti #filariasis ... #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 ... #TaeniaSolium #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... change, seizures, visual ... gait ataxia, and visual ... Headache, vomiting, visual ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
"Scrotal Pain + Uganda:Almost never see it in the developed world unless you are like this
sexually transmitted infectious ... Answer: filariasis ... to call up the CDC ... some experimental treatment ... POCUS #Urology #InfectiousDiseases
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
amastigotes in new infection ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #summary #rheumatology