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Strongyloides stercoralis on Microscopy (Duodenal Fluid)

38 year old male truck driver in Buenos Aires.  Kidney
was taken for diagnosis ... microscopy shown) Diagnosis ... is a threadworm parasite ... The main parasite ... #stercoralis #clinical
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
Clinical Course: ... Degenerative: Parasite ... Diagnosis: Patients ... seizures most common clinical ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Differential Diagnosis ... - Disseminated Parasites ... #differential #diagnosis ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
syphilis - Parasitic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #AAFP
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... intracellular parasite ... , Weight loss Diagnosis ... routine O&P • Clinical ... #cayetanensis #diagnosis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... salmonella, ...), Parasites ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis
Acrobatic Lice - Dermoscopy revealed a nit firmly attached to the pubic hair, as well as
moving, crab-shaped parasite ... Phthirus pubis was diagnosed ... #Clinical #PubicLice
Strongyloidiasis Treatment
Asymptomatic ± eosinophilia (Very low risk):
 • Diagnostic: Serology, Stool Ova and parasites (O&P) examination
low risk): • Diagnostic ... Stool Ova and parasites ... (Low risk): • Diagnostic ... larval shedding and clinical ... strongyloides #parastie
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Lung Abscess Diagnosis ... cultures • CXR (non-diagnostic ... Coccidioides • Parasite
Brugia malayi - Filariasis on Microscopy

What is Brugia malayi? It is a filarial parasitic worm that
is a filarial parasitic ... Filariasis #Microscopy #clinical ... microbiology #nematodes #parasite