Term
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Definition
fatty, foul-smelling diarrhea
water
metronidazole
pear-shaped (trophozoite), oval cyst |
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Term
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Definition
bloody diarrhea, liver abscess, RUQ pain (flask-shaped ulcer)
water
trophozoites with RBCs in cytoplasm or cyst with multiple nuclei
metronidazole |
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Term
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Definition
AIDS diarrhea
water
cysts on acid-fast, basophilic clusters on intestinal cells surface |
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Term
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Definition
brain abscess in HIV
meat or cat feces
sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine |
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Term
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Definition
rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
freshwater lakes (through cribiform plate!)
amoebas in CSF! |
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Term
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Definition
African sleeping sickness -- LAD, recurring fever, somnolence/coma
tsetse fly
suramin (blood), melarsoprol (CNS) |
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Term
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Definition
recurring fever, somnolence/coma
tsetse fly
suramin (blood), melarsoprol (CNS) |
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Term
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Definition
recurring fever, somnolence/coma
tsetse fly
suramin (blood), melarsoprol (CNS) |
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Term
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Definition
48 hr cyclic fevers
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine + primaquine |
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Term
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Definition
48 hr cyclic fevers
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine + primaquine |
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Term
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Definition
random fevers, ischemia of brain/kidneys/lungs
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine |
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Term
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Definition
72 hr cyclic fevers
mosquito (Anopheles)
ring form (sun/moon), RBC filled with little buggers
chloroquine/mefloquine |
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Term
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Definition
fever + hemolytic anemia
Ixodes tick
ring form (looks like engagement ring!), maltese cross
quinine, clindamycin |
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Term
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Definition
Chagas -- cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus
Reduviid bug
nifurtimox |
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Term
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Definition
spiking fever, HSM, pancytopenia
sandfly
macrophages with buggers ("amastigotes")
sodium stibogluconate |
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