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Safe Living After Transplant - Water Safety
Abrasions:
• If incurred during swimming in ocean or fresh water,
After Transplant - Water ... ocean or fresh water ... uncontaminated water ... Avoid swimming in water ... #safety #InfectiousDiseases
Aeromonas spp - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Aeromonas spp: Gram-negative Rods, oxidase positive and glucose fermenter.
Virulence: Toxin
Sources: Fresh water ... , surface water ... recreational), drinking water ... , polluted waters ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Legionnaire's Disease - Extrapulmonary organ involvement: CNS: Mental confusion, encephalopathic, headache. Cardiac: Relative bradycardia. GI: Loose
Loose stools, watery ... Diagnosis #IM #InfectiousDisease
Fecal-oral transmission occurs via ingestion of contaminated pool water or through direct contact with infected individuals/animals
contaminated pool water ... Pathogens #Diagnosis #InfectiousDisease
Amebiasis - Naegleria fowleri - Life Cycle
1) Cysts
2) Trophozoite
3) Flagellated Form
4) Promitosis
→ Water-related activities such as
Promitosis → Water-related ... diving, or other water ... can result in water ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
Embryonated eggs in water ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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• Contaminated water ... Abdominal cramping, Watery ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidium Life Cycle
1) Thick-walled oocyst (sporulated) exits host
2) Contamination of water and food with
Contamination of water ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
skin of fresh water ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Source or drinking water ... Exposure to fresh water ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases