Tropical medicine excursions with Kay Schaefer
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Kay Schaefer joins TWiP to solve the case of the German Male with Hematuria, and discusses Tropical Medicine Excursions, which provides patient-oriented training courses for healthcare professionals who wish to improve their clinical skills in tropical medicine and travelers’ health in the endemic regions of Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Guest: Kay Schaefer Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Join MicrobeTV Discord server TROPMEDEX Letters read on TWiP 214 Become a patron of TWiP Case Study for TWiP 214 Still in Uganda but now in a clinic in Entebbe. A boy, less than age 10, who grows up in very limited conditions, dirt floor home with other siblings presents with recurrent right upper abdominal pain, fevers, and first undergoes blood work that shows eosinophilia. He has an abdominal ultrasound performed which shows what looks like a mobile piece of spaghetti in the gallbladder with dilated ducts. He also has a stool examination performed. Send your case diagnosis, questions and comments to [email protected] Music by Ronald Jenkees
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