Term
| CNS brain lesions; ring enhancing lesions on MRI |
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Definition
Toxoplasmosis gondii (from TORCH)
Causes chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus and intracranial califications in congenital toxoplasmosis
Causes encephalopathy in HIV patients CD4 count <200 |
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Term
| Causes rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis; swimming in freshwater lakes |
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Definition
Naegleria Fowleri
Enters via the cribiform plate
dx: amoebas in spinal fluid |
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Term
Enlarged lymph nodes, fevers.
CNS later with fever and death.
"African Sleeping Sickness" |
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Definition
Trypanosoma gambiense/rhodesiense
Transmission through tsetse fly.
Tx: Suramin |
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Term
| Chagas disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon |
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Definition
Trypanosoma Cruzi
From Reduviid bug
Tx: Nifurtimox |
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Term
| High spiking fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia |
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Definition
Leishmania Donovani
Transmission through sandfly
Macrophages contain amastigotes |
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Term
| Malaria: cyclic fever, headache, anemia, spenomegaly |
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Definition
Plasmodium:
vivax/ovale
falciparum
malariae
Transmission through anopheles mosquito
Dx: Blood smear
Tx: Chloroquine, add primaquine for vivax/ovale for dormant liver forms |
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Term
| Protozoan causing fever and hemolytic anemia after taking a hike in northeastern United States |
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Definition
Babesia
transmission: Ixodes tick (same as borrelia burgdorferi of lyme disease)
DX: MALTESE CROSS
TX: Quinine Clindamycin |
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Term
| Bacteria from greenish-grey foamy vaginal discharge, foul smelling with burning and itching |
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Definition
Trichonomiasis
Transmitted sexually.
Dx: Seeing trophozoites on wet mount
Tx: Metronidazole
GET GAP on Metro! |
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Term
| Most Common helminth in US |
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Definition
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Term
| Helminth where >25% of the world infected. Eggs visible in feces |
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Definition
| Ascaris Lumbricoides (giant roundworm) |
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Term
| Helminth from ingestion of undercooked pork. Causes mass lesions in brain with swiss cheese like appearance |
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Definition
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Term
| Causes squamous cell carcinoma of bladder, presenting with painless hematuria. Common in egypt |
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Definition
Schistosoma
Fresh water Snails are the host. |
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