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Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis ... Clonorchiasis #Clonorchis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
- Is the most pathogenic ... most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... antibiotics as a cause ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Blastomycosis - Non-Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... Pneumocystis Jiroveci • Parasites ... #Causes #Adrenal ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus Pathogen ... common route of infection ... barns and lake houses ... chills, myalgias, nausea ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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CNS Infection in ... reactivation of latent pathogens ... present in 15% of cases ... Demyelinating disease caused ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
intestinal tapeworm infection ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Management Summary Pathogen ... intracellular parasite ... transmission as zoonotic infection ... • Anorexia, Nausea ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver fluke) Life Cycle

The trematode Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver
important foodborne pathogen ... and cause of liver ... Infection of humans ... liverfluke #LifeCycle #Parasite ... #CDC #Diagnosis
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Soil Related Infections ... Rhizosphere: • Pathogens ... jejuni • NTM Parasites ... endemic fungi cause ... differential #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases