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Strongyloides stercoralis L3 (filariform) larvae - bronchoalveolar lavage fluid microscopy

Bobbi Pritt, MD @ParasiteGal

#Strongyloides #stercoralis #filariform #larvae
L3 (filariform) larvae ... fluid microscopy ... stercoralis #filariform #larvae ... #BAL #microscopy ... #parasite
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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 Lifecycle ... Parasitic Cycle ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #fuelleborni #LifeCycle ... #Parasite #diagnosis
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle ... Parasitic Cycle: ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... #stercoralis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Filariform larvae of Strongyloides strongylodiasis on sputum microscopy
BMT patient with abd pain and rash. Treated with
Filariform larvae ... strongylodiasis on sputum microscopy ... #Filariform #larvae ... strongylodiasis #sputum #microscopy ... #microbiology #parasite
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Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
) Rhabditiform larva ... to filariform larva ... 4) Filariform larva ... Hookworm #Intestinal #lifecycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Stercoralis on sputum microscopy ... Larvae are then ... Unlike other parasites ... symptoms: - GI: diarrhea ... Stercoralis #sputum #microscopy
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
Embryonated egg with L3 larva ... intestine 6) Hatched larvae ... to lungs. 7) Larvae ... lumbricoides #Ascariasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc #parasite
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - ... Algorithm Watery/Large ... Yersinia) • Parasitic ... Volume/Urgency (Large ... Shigella) • Parasitic
Trichuris trichiura - Whipworms on Microscopy
Also known as the whip worm, the head resembles a whip
- Whipworms on Microscopy ... itself into the large ... trichiura #whipworms #Microscopy ... #microbiology #parasite
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Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection - Physical examination revealed reticulated purpuric patches with dusky centers on the abdomen,
Strongyloides stercoralis larvae ... revealed filariform larvae ... B, arrow) and parasites ... StrongyloidesStercoralis #Filariform #Larvae ... FilariformLarvae #Microscopy