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| What parasite is transmitted via uncooked pork? |
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| What do calcified granulomas mean? |
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| person has had the disease in the past |
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| What causes pityriasis versicolor? |
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| frothy yellow-green discharge and strawberry cervix |
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In general, fungi with hypae formation are more prone to produce _______ and ______ lesions.
In contrast, yeast with round contour are more likely to produce disseminated ________. |
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infarction; focal lesions
meningitis |
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| What parasite is responsible for causing abdominal cramping, fever, and diarrhea that may be bloody and can be found in persons who recently traveled outside the US? |
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Entamoeba histolytica
amebic colitis (amebiasis) |
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| What might you be able to see inside E. histolytica ameba? |
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| What organism is similar to E. histolytica but does not produce signs or symptoms of dysentery? |
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| How is E. histolytica diagnosis made? |
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| What organism enters the nasal cavity while swimming or diving in fresh water and migrates to brain quickly causing severe brain damage? |
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| What infection displays a characteristic ring form on the cornea with extreme pain and redness and can be contracted via infected contact lenses? |
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| What protozoa causes severe diarrheal infection in immunocompromised patients and is linked to drinking from contaminated public water supplies and swimming in contaminated pools and lakes? |
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