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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Leishmaniasis Life ... proboscis #Leishmaniasis ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in HIV-AIDS
Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis - Preferred Therapy:
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and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ... Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis ... with visceral leishmaniasis ... and CD4 count < ... #Prevention #Treatment
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Visceral Leishmaniasis ... antigen-specific CD4 ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #Visceral #Leishmaniasis ... #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... despite appropriate treatment ... Treatment Guideline ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) Pathophysiology ... →Activation of CD8 ... .), Parasites (Leishmaniosis ... Unknown cause Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... Parvovirus B19 • Candida ... contagiosum virus • Leishmaniasis ... Poor adherence to treatment ... by delaying ART treatment
Management of Suspected and Confirmed Candida auris 

Isolate patients with suspected C auris 
 • Private
and Confirmed Candida ... disinfection Begin treatment ... Disease Control and Prevention ... intervals #Candida ... Management #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Candida Glabrata
Species of Candida Most Commonly Isolated in Bloodstream Infections
 • Symptomatic mucosal infection is detected
Candida Glabrata ... Species of Candida ... Treatment: • Exhibits ... presumed to be the CVC ... fungemia #management #infectiousdiseases