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ring-enhancing lesion in HIV patient
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toxoplasma gondii
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classic triad of congenital toxoplasmosis
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chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
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cysts found in meat and cat feces
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toxoplasma gondii
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rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis; amphotericin has been effective if caugt in time
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naegleria fowleri
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protozoa that comes from swimming in freshwater lakes; enters through the cribiform plate
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naegleria fowleri
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naegleria fowleri diagnosis
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amoebas in spinal fluid
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enlarge lymph nodes, recurring fever, somnolence, coma
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african sleeping sickness: trypanosoma brucei: gambiense and rhodesiense
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carried by the tse tse fly
is the bit painful? |
trypanosoma brucei
painful bite |
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fever, headache, anemia, splenomegaly
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plasmodium/malaria
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plasmodium with 48 hour cycle
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P. vivax
P. ovale |
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ring-enhancing lesion in HIV patient
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toxoplasma gondii
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classic triad of congenital toxoplasmosis
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chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications
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cysts found in meat and cat feces
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toxoplasma gondii
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rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis; amphotericin has been effective if caugt in time
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naegleria fowleri
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protozoa that comes from swimming in freshwater lakes; enters through the cribiform plate
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naegleria fowleri
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naegleria fowleri diagnosis
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amoebas in spinal fluid
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enlarge lymph nodes, recurring fever, somnolence, coma
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african sleeping sickness: trypanosoma brucei: gambiense and rhodesiense
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carried by the tse tse fly
is the bit painful? |
trypanosoma brucei
painful bite |
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fever, headache, anemia, splenomegaly
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plasmodium/malaria
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plasmodium with 48 hour cycle
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P. vivax
P. ovale |
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most severe malaria
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p. falciparum
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parasitized RBC's occlude capillaries in brain, kidneys, lungs
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p. falciparum
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malaria with 72- hour cycle
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p. malariae
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trophozoite ring form on blood smear
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RBC schizont of malria
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treatment for non-resistant malaria
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chloroquine
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treatment for vivax/ovale
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primaquine for liver form + choloroquine
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treatment for resistant malaria
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quinine and doxy
atoviqoune proguanyl mefloquine alone |
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maltese cross formation on blood smear
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babesia
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ixodes tick carries
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borrelia burgdorferi and babsia
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treatment for babesia
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quinine
clindamycin |
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fever and hemolytic anemia; predominantly found in the NE US
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babesiosis
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dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus
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chagas disease due to trypanosoma cruzi
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trypanosoma cruzi transmitted by
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reduviid bug (kissing bug)
painless |
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treatment of trypanosoma cruzi
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nifurtimox
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spiking fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia
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leishmania donovani (visceral leishmaniasis)
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leishmania donovoni transmitted by
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sandfly
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macrophages containing amastigotes (unflagellated protozoa)
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leishmania donovani
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foul-smelling, greenish discharge with itching and burning, sexually transmitted
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trichomonas vaginalis
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vaginal discharge due to gram-negative bacterium that is not sexually transmitted
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gardnerella vaginalis
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trophozoites on wet mount
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trichomonas vaginalis
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treatment of trichomonas vaginalis
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metronidazole
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intestinal infection causing anal pruritus
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enterobius vermicularis
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pinworm
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enterobius vermicularis
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spread of enterobius vermicularis
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ingestion
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roundworms
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nematodes
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7 nematodes
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enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm) trichinella spiralis strongyloides stercoralis hookworms (necator americanus, ancylostoma duodenale) wucheria bancrofti |
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giant roundworm
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ascaris lumbricoides
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hookworms
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ancylostoma duodenale
necator americanus |
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eggs are visible in species
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ascaris lumbricoides
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loeffler's eosinophilic pneumonitis
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eosinophilic infiltrate due to parastic migration trhough lung
occurs in ascaris lumbricoides |
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spread of trichinella spiralis
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undercoked meat, usually pork
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inflammation of muscle (larvae encyst in muscle), periorbital edema
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trichinella spiralis
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bears
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trichinella spiralis
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larvae in soil penetrate the skin and move to the blood, then lung, then trachea, then are swallowed into the GI tract.
causes vomiting, diarrhea and anemia |
strongyloides stercoralis
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larvae in soil penetrate the skin and move to the blood, then lung, then trachea, then are swallowed into the GI tract.
intestinal infection causes anemia when the nematode attaches to the intestinal wall and sucks blood |
ancylostoma duodenale, necator americanus
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nematode treatment
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bendazoles
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causes a blockage of lymphatic vessels 9-12mos after infection
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wucheria bancrofti
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treatment of wuchereria bancrofti
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diethylcarbamazine
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cestodes
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taenia solium, diphyllobothrium latum, echinococcus granulosus
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ingestion of larvae in undercooked pork cuases intestinal tapeworms
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taenia solium
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ingestion of eggs causes cysticocercosis and neurocysticoercosis- (cystic lesions that can persist for years in the muscles and brain)
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taenia solium
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infection with taenia solium
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2 outcomes: larvae-> tapeworms
eggs: cysticercosis |
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ingestion of larvae in raw freshwaater fish
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diphyllobothrium latum
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tapeworm that causes B12 deficiency, resulting in anemia
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diphyllopbothrium latum
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tapeworms
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cestodes
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eggs in dog feces that can cause cysts when ingested; leads to anaphylaxis if echinococcal antigens are released from cysts
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echinococcus
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flukes
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trematodes
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3 trematodes
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schistosoma, clonorchis sinensis, paragonimus westermani
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snails are host
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schistosoma
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cercariae penetrate the skin of humans in the butt or feet and migrate to cause granulomas, fibrosis, and inflammation of the spleen and liver
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schistosoma
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can lead to squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder
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s. haematobium
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embolized eggs get stuck in the portal system causing portal hypertension
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schistosoma
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comes from undercooked fish and causes inflammation of the biliary tract and pigmented gallstones
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clonorchis sinensis
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associated with cholangiocarcinoma
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clonorchis sinensis
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comes from undercooke crab meat and causes inflammation of the lungs and 2* bacterial infection of the -> hemoptyis
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paragonimus westmani
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immigrant with new neuro or psych symptoms
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taenia solium
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nematodes that are ingested
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enterobius, ascaris, trichinella
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