Infectious diseases

• Opisthorchis viverrini
  28 June 2017

  WKP
  Definition: Opisthorchis viverrini, common name Southeast Asian liver fluke, is a food-borne trematode parasite from the family Opisthorchiidae that attacks the area of the bile duct.
  Infection is acquired when people ingest raw or undercooked fish.
  Infection with the parasite is called opisthorchiasis. O. viverrini infection also predisposes the infected for cholangiocarcinoma, a cancer of the bile ducts.
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  Carcinogenesis associated with parasites other than (...)

• Necator americanus
  27 June 2017

  WKP
  see also : hookworm

• Ancylostoma duodenale
  27 June 2017

  See also : hookworm

• Cryptococcus granuloma
  21 June 2017

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  Cryptococcus disseminated to lung, spleen, kidney, thyroid. https://twitter.com/JMGardnerMD/status/866107567046610945
  granuloma with Cryptococcus neoformans https://twitter.com/smlungpathguy/status/877392725959749632

• entomophthoromycosis
  20 June 2017

  entomophthoromycoses
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  Basiobolomycosis mimics clinical features of Crohn disease ; eosinophils, granulomatous inflammation, Splendore-Hoeppli, & CL crystals
  https://twitter.com/RhondaYantiss/status/856930638489931777
  Open references
  Visceral basidiobolomycosis. Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2016 Jul-Sep;13(3):158. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.187827. No abstract available. PMID: #27502888#
  Subcutaneous entomophthoromycoses. Karuna T, Asati DP, Biswas D, Purwar S. (...)

• basiobolomycosis
  20 June 2017

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  Basiobolomycosis mimics clinical features of Crohn disease ; eosinophils, granulomatous inflammation, Splendore-Hoeppli, & CL crystals
  https://twitter.com/RhondaYantiss/status/856930638489931777
  Open references
  Visceral basidiobolomycosis. Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2016 Jul-Sep;13(3):158. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.187827. No abstract available. PMID: #27502888#
  Subcutaneous entomophthoromycoses. Karuna T, Asati DP, Biswas D, Purwar S. Indian Dermatol Online (...)

• pneumocystosis
  23 May 2017

  Definition: Pneumocystis carinii infection.
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  Pneumocystis in a BAL https://twitter.com/AnnieMeares/status/732220053345566720
  Pneumocystis carinii trophozoites in BAL https://twitter.com/jpcrsc/status/865958899979046917

• cysticercosis
  5 May 2017

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  Sub-Retinal Cysticercosis / ocular cysticercosis https://twitter.com/PathologyJour/status/860520804173225984

• Cocccidia
  26 April 2017

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  Coccidia (Coccidiasina) are a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida.
  As obligate intracellular parasites, they must live and reproduce within an animal cell. Coccidian parasites infect the intestinal tracts of animals, and are the largest group of apicomplexan protozoa.
  Pathology
  Infection with these parasites is known as coccidiosis. Coccidia can infect all mammals, some birds, some (...)

• cystic echinococcosis
  11 April 2017

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  hepatic cystic echinococcosis / Echinococcus granulosus https://twitter.com/RhondaYantiss/status/851519941299851265

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