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Filariform larvae of Strongyloides strongylodiasis on sputum microscopy
BMT patient with abd pain and rash. Treated with
strongylodiasis on sputum microscopy ... patient with abd pain ... strongylodiasis #sputum #microscopy ... #clinical #microbiology ... #parasite
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... When to suspect AIN ... triad (<10%): fever ... eosinophiluria, microscopic ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Strongyloides stercoralis on Microscopy (Duodenal Fluid)

38 year old male truck driver in Buenos Aires.  Kidney
stercoralis on Microscopy ... + dyspnea, No fever ... for diagnosis (microscopy ... The main parasite ... #microbiology #
Fusarium on Culture and Microscopy
Collecting a sample for culture from the eye is never fun, but
on Culture and Microscopy ... from the eye is never ... fungal culture from an ... & reverse) 2) microscopic ... #clinical #microbiology
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic Fever ... polyangiitis (GPA)/microscopic ... • Rheumatic Fever
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the ... Ova and parasite ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... , abdominal pain ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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intracellular parasite ... spheroidal, 8-10 μm in ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... Established via stool microscopy ... management #treatment #microbiology
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abnormalities in ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Sjogren's, GPA, EGPA, Microscopic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Strongyloides Stercoralis on sputum microscopy
As many suggested this was strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome.
Infection is initiated by
Stercoralis on sputum microscopy ... In the GI tract ... Unlike other parasites ... Stercoralis #sputum #microscopy ... strongyloidiasis #microbiology
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
Indigestion, abdominal pain ... to be detected in ... and distension, fever ... diagnosis #management #parasites ... #Threadworm #lifecycle