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Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Cycle 1) Sandfly ... #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... IDSA 2021 CDI ... #infectiousdiseases
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
Echinococcus Life Cycle 1) ... #Echinococcus #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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IDSA Recommendations ... mg/kg on days 1– ... and CD4 count < ... mg/kg on days 1– ... #Prevention #Treatment
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Plasmodium Life Cycle 1) ... Malaria #Plasmodium #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Babesia Life Cycle 1) ... Babesiosis #Babesia #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
Echinostoma Life Cycle 1) ... #Echinostoma #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Intestinal Hookworm Life Cycle
1) Eggs in feces
2) Rhabditiform larva hatches
3) Development to filariform larva in environment
4)
Hookworm Life Cycle 1) ... Hookworm #Intestinal #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Filariasis - Life Cycle of Wuchereria bancrofti
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal
2) Adults in lymphatics
3) Adults
Wuchereria bancrofti 1) ... bancrofti #filariasis #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium Life Cycle
1) Thick-walled oocyst (sporulated) exits host
2) Contamination of water and food with
Cryptosporidium Life Cycle 1) ... Cryptosporidium #LifeCycle ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #infectiousdiseases ... #cdc #parasite