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Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
) Human Liver Stages ... 5) Human Blood Stages ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
the skin) Human Stages ... cells Sandfly Stages ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Loiasis - Loa loa Life Cycle
1) Fly (genus Chrysops) takes a meal (L3 larvae enter bite
wound) Human Stages ... microfilariae) Fly Stages ... Loiasis #Loaloa #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Onchocerciasis - Onchocerca volvulus Life Cycle
1) Blackfly (genus Simulium) takes a blood meal (L3 larvae enter
wound) Human Stages ... Blackfly Stages: ... OnchocercaVolvulus #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
A proposed management algorithm for CDI in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. *Severe-complicated CDI is defined
algorithm for CDI ... Severe-complicated CDI ... megacolon, mental status ... uncomplicated CDI ... #CDI #CDiff #clostridiumdifficile
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes) Mammalian Stages ... phase Tsetse Fly Stages ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #sleepingsickness
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
c.onjunctiva) Human Stages ... Triatomine Bug Stages ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #american
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... epilepticus: - Propofol ... Epilepticus #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Management #Neurology ... #Pharmacology
Management Algorithm for Status Epilepticus

• Assess airway, breathing, and circulation
• Pulse oximetry
• Electrocardiogram
• Finger stick (give
Management Algorithm ... for Status Epilepticus ... mg/kg/hr or • Propofol ... #Algorithm #Neurology ... #pharmacology #
Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver fluke) Life Cycle

The trematode Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese or oriental liver
an embryonated state ... developmental stages ... sinensis #liverfluke #LifeCycle ... #Parasite #CDC