Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis) Trichinosis is a disease caused by the roundworm Trichinella spiralis, which belongs to the Nematode family. Gastrointestinal and cellular infections. The transmission occurs when
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti)
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti) Lymphatic obstruction caused by filariasis. Wuchereria bancrofti, together with Brugia malayi and B timori, are nematodes that reside in the tissues and belong to the filarial group
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Onchocerciasis/ River Blindness (Onchocerca volvulus )
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Onchocerciasis/ River Blindness (Onchocerca volvulus ) Onchocerciasis, often known as River Blindness, is a parasitic disease. Onchocerca volvulus is a parasitic roundworm belonging to the nematode family. Transmit
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding • Volvulus • Vascular abnormalities: angiodysplasia, vascular ectasia • Uremic colitis • Trauma, foreign body • Solitary rectal/cecal ulcers • Small bowel neoplasm: leiomyomas
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bleeding, Lower GI, Pediatric
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bleeding, Lower GI, Pediatric <3 MONTHS • Swallowed maternal blood • Infectious colitis • Milk allergy • Bleeding diathesis • Intussusception • Midgut volvulus • Meckel’s diverticulum • Necrotizing enterocol
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bleeding, Rectal
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bleeding, Rectal • Polyps (hamartomatous or adenomatous) • Meckel’s diverticulum • Ischemic colitis • Intussusception • Inflammatory bowel disease (mainly proctitis) • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) • Infec
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Blastomycosis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Blastomycosis • Tuberculosis • Squamous cell carcinoma • Pyoderma gangrenosum • Mycobacterium marinum infection • Histoplasmosis • Giant keratoacanthoma • Bronchogenic carcinoma • Bromoderma • Bacterial pneu
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer • Urinary tract infection • Stone disease • Neurogenic bladder • Interstitial cystitis • Frequency-urgency syndrome • Endometriosis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bites, Snake
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bites, Snake • Scorpion bite • Laceration or puncture wound • Insect bite • Harmless snakebite • Cellulitis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bite Wounds
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Bite Wounds • Bite from a rabid animal (often the attack is unprovoked) • Factitious injury
