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#idboardreview 40 M lived in refugee camps for decades, had 🐐 ,HIV undetectable on ART now w/ recent 20 lb Wt loss & 1 mo fever, chills, abd bloating, hypopigmented lesion on back. Diagnosis? #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter ImageImage
Visceral #leishmaniasis Pathology demonstrated sheets of histiocytes with numerous intracytoplasmic amastigotes. Giemsa stain of touch imprints revealed numerous organisms with kinetoplasts consistent with leishmania amastigotes
#leishmaniasis dimorphic lifecycle w/ amastigote stage in sand fly transmitted w/blood meal. amastigote phagocytosed ➡️promastigote➡️survives➡️multiply intracellularly➡️develops kinetoplast as outpouching of DNA at R angle to its nucleus which aids in identification
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This morning the situation was calm.
Apache helicopters were on patrol earlier in the morning. One F-15 and some sort of surveillance planes were loitering and there were small fires burning in #Baghouz, but no serious fighting with #ISIS. Image
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Now there is some activity in #Baghouz the last hour. Several small explosions and black smoke rising from the town. Large increase in radio communication between #SDF units. Image
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About 800 people were evacuated from #Baghouz during the last day in #SDF trucks. Among them between 200-300 surrendering #ISIS fighters.
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