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pruritic rash at the site of entry

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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mental retardation

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congenital Toxoplasma gondii when cross placenta

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a hardened red area where the paraiste entered

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chagoma from acute chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

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multiple ulcers in the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose

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mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

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ARDS, pneumonia, and multi-organ failure

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if pt has Strongyloides stercoralis and you give them immunosuppressive drugs

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Can use a stick that is slowly turned each day to remove it

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Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm)

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acute febrile episodes w headache and swollen inguinal LNs.

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after multiple infections of Wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi

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nodular skin lesion arises, but does not ulcerate

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diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

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diarrhea and abdominal pain that are self-limiting in healthy pts

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cryptosporidium

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and sticky RBCs that get clogged in post-capillary venules of the kidney, lung, and the brain that lead to hemorrhages and blocked perfusion

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malaria

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lung edema

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malaria

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erosions resulting in abdominal pain

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Entamoeba histolytica

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sensory losses

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toxoplamsa encephalitis from Toxoplasma gondii

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About a week after the invasion, fevers and muscle aches.

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Trichnella spiralis

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hepatosplenomegaly

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  • malaria - from body trying to clean up lysed RBCs

- visceral leishmaniasis

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Diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss

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Necator americanus (hookworm) and Ancylostoma duodenale

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  • Dermatitis
  • Katayama
  • Chronic fibrosis of organs and blood vessels
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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes)

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heart inflamed and is tachy with electrocardial changes

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acute chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

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pulmonary HTN

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

chronic fibrosis stage

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CNS injury

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

chronic fibrosis stage

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21
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diaphragm abcess

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Entamoeba histolytica

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eat the native bugs already in the gut

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balamuthia mandriallaris

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invasion into bile ducts, gb, appendix, liver

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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seizures

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toxoplamsa encephalitis from Toxoplasma gondii

  • or from congenital Toxoplasma gondii when cross placenta
  • cerebral malaria that leads to death
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lots of the lesions occur all over the body with an increased collection of them near the nose.

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diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

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severe drop in WBC and RBC counts that leads to death in 90% of cases if untreated.

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visceral leishmaniasis kala-azar

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diarrhea, pain, and fever

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Trichnella spiralis

-as the larvae mature and go through the GI wall.

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28
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abd cramps

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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cough, CXR pulmonary infiltrate, and a high eosinophil count in the blood and sputum

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  • Ascaris lumbricoides

- Necator americanus (hookworm) and Ancylostoma duodenale

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30
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severe itching in perianus at night

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enterobius vermicularis (pinworm).

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hydatid that grows laterally

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multilocularis

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32
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iron loss anemia

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Necator americanus (hookworm) and Ancylostoma duodenale……from sucking blood

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33
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constipation and abdominal pain where the pt goes weeks without a poop

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dilated megacolon from chronic chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

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34
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Renal failure

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malaria

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35
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yellow-white fluffy patches that stand out from the surrounding red retina → vision loss

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Chorioretinitis from Toxoplasma gondii

-or from congenital Toxoplasma gondii when cross placenta

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low fevers, anorexia, wt loss

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visceral leishmaniasis kala-azar

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anemia

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malaria

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38
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weakness

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toxoplamsa encephalitis from Toxoplasma gondii

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39
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Abdominal discomfort and occasional nausea with vomiting.

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Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm)

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elephantisis

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Wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi
-fibrous tissue will form around the dead microfilariae and clog up the lymph system casusing there to be massive swelling and edema that is covered with thick scaly skin

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41
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coma

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  • African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense
  • malaria
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42
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really smelly nasty fat poops

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Giardia lamblia bc coats the wall to inhibit fat absorption to give the pt

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portal HTN

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

chronic fibrosis stage: eggs in venous sys –> fibrosis –> block portal sys

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44
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Female burning on urination

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trichomonas vaginalis

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45
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Female lots of vaginal secretions: thin, watery, frothy, malodorous discharge

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trichomonas vaginalis

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Cough or wheezing

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Strongyloides stercoralis

47
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(keratitis) → blindness

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acanthamoeba: infect the cornea in healthy pts if their contact lenses are not cleaned well enough

48
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greasy, frothy diarrhea with gassy distention and cramps

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Giardia lamblia

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Fever, LN/spleen/liver enlargement, pneumonia, and/or infection of the brain and meninges.

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Toxoplasma gondii

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fever, headache, dizziness, and LN swelling that lasts a week

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African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

51
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abd distension and discomfort

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visceral leishmaniasis kala-azar

52
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mild anemia, often asymp

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babiosis from babesia microti

53
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few abd symp

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Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)

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Female: itching (pruritis),, and from the vagina

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trichomonas vaginalis

55
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nausea, vomiting, hives, and SOB during the larval release

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Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm)

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In immunocompromised pts, there is severe, protracted diarrhea that can lead to 3-17 liters of stool a day being released

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cryptosporidium

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Skin may thicken with popular lesions (intraepithelial granulomas) that can make the skin look dry, scaly, and thick. (lizard skin)

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Onchocerca volvulus

58
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itching from where it entered between the toes.

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Necator americanus (hookworm) and Ancylostoma duodenale

59
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dilated cardiomyopathy (increase in heart size and heart failure).

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chronic chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

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hematuria

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

chronic fibrosis stage

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colitis

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balantidum coli

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microcephaly

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congenital Toxoplasma gondii when cross placenta

63
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erosions resulting in loose stools

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Entamoeba histolytica

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NO blood in the stool

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Giardia lamblia bc not invade the intestinal wall

65
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rosettes from RBCs clumping togethers

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malaria from P. falciparum

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arrhythmias (heart block and ventricular tachycardia)

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chronic chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

67
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malnutrition

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Ascaris lumbricoides….from competition or block in intestine
-w wt loss: Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)

68
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severe meningoencephalitis

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acute chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

69
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fever comes back after a few weeks, only to go away again continuing the cycle for a few months

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African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

70
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leishmania skin test is negative since there is no T cell response for DTH.

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diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

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Vomiting, abdominal bloating, diarrhea, anemia, and weight loss

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Strongyloides stercoralis

72
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ischemia, esp to brain

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malaria from P. falciparum

73
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see maltest cross: 4 merozoites stuck together

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babiosis from babesia microti

74
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flecks of blood/mucous in the stool. –> May progress to become severe with bloody voluminous diarrhea.

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Entamoeba histolytica

75
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seizures, meningitis, hydrocephalus, and focal deficits.

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neurocysticercosis from taenia solium (pork tapeworm) when humans ingest the eggs

76
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behavioral changes

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African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

77
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difficulty and pain in swallowing with regurgitation of food

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big dilated, poorly functioning esophagus from chronic chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)

78
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stillbirth

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Toxoplasma gondii

79
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SEVERE slowly progressing fevers, wasting, and late neurological symptoms –> death

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East African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense

80
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bursts RBCs irregularly every 36-48 hours and has less defined periods of mild fevers and can be continuous. No cycle

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malaria from P. falciparum

81
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growing mass like a tumor with symptoms of headache and focal neurological signs (seizures, gait instabilities, weakness, or sensory losses)

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toxoplamsa encephalitis from Toxoplasma gondii

-or from congenital Toxoplasma gondii when cross placenta

82
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red, raised, itching rash that moves with the migrating larvae.

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Cutaneous larval migrans (anclyostoma braziliense)

83
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abdominal pain and diarrhea.

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Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)

84
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Fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and stiff neck like bacterial meningitis

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Naegleria fowleri

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daytime drowsiness

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African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

86
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Pruritic skin rash with darkened pigmentation

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Onchocerca volvulus

87
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see pear shaped trophozoites

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babiosis from babesia microti

88
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hydatid

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Echinococcus granulosus and multilocularis:

-a single fluid filled cyst –> can compress organs or fatal (bc allergic) if rupture

89
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chronic granulomatous skin lesions either w or w/o amoebic encephalitis

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balamuthia mandriallaris

90
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6 hour episodes of periodic fever, 48-72 hrs sweating

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malaria

91
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CSF: high protein, low glucose and high neutrophil count, just like a bac infection.

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Naegleria fowleri

92
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hydatid that gets bigger but only spreads if rupture

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Echinococcus granulosus

93
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B12 deficiency anemia

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Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)

94
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every 48 hours => fevers and chills followed by sweats

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tertian malaria from P. vivax and P. ovale

95
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chronic abdominal pain w dairrhea

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

chronic fibrosis stage

96
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oriental sore

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  • cutaneous leishmaniasis from leishmania
  • ulcer where the sandfly transmitted the leishmania into the skin → immune sus tries to rid, resulting in skin destrucitno = DHT rxn → takes a year to heal leaving a depigmented pale scar
97
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lung abcess

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Entamoeba histolytica…leads to death

98
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Fever, SOB, nonproductive cough

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interstitial pneumonia called pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).

99
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Hard, red, painful skin ulcer that heals in 2 weeks.

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African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

100
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slowly progressing fevers, wasting, and late neurological symptoms

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West African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma gambiense

101
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chronic, granulomatous, brain infection in immunocompromised pts

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acanthamoeba

102
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invade the heart and brain tissue

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Trichnella spiralis…possibly kill the pt.

103
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fever, headache, weight loss, hives, cough that persist for 3 weeks, and LN, liver, and spleen enlargement w eosinophilia

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

Katayama fever as the grown adults begin to lay eggs

104
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gait instabilities

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  • toxoplamsa encephalitis from Toxoplasma gondii

- African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

105
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intensely itchy skin and rash. (swimmers itch)

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schistosomiasis from schistosoma (blood flukes):

Dermatitisas the cercariae penetrate the swimmer’s skin

106
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every 72 hours => fever, chills and then sweats every 3 days

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quartan malaria from P. malariae

107
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Microfilariae can also go to the eye where it causes blindness.

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Onchocerca volvulus

108
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dermal ulcer that appears at the bite location, but quickly heals

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mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

109
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slurred speech

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African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense

110
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penetrate the portal system to cause liver abscesses

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Entamoeba histolytica

111
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Males are asymptomatic, but need to be treated

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trichomonas vaginalis

112
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erosion of the nasal septum, soft palate, and lips over the course of 20-40 y unless treated.

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mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

113
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female continues to grow up to 100cm.

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Dracunculus medinensis (guinea worm)

114
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impaired consciousness

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cerebral malaria that causes death

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