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Several artifacts can cause significant and potentially misleading alterations to measured RBC parameters: 
1. Old samples
Acanthocytes #TearCells #Dacrocytes ... Echinocytes #BurrCells #Bite ... Keratocyte #Blister #HelmetCells
Dacrocytes (tear drop cells) 
Other poikilocytes resemble a pear or teardrop. The narrow, tapered end
may be
Dacrocytes (tear ... A dacrocyte is seen ... Dacrocytes are found ... #Blood #Smear #Dacrocytes
Localized skin infections and associations: Cellulitis, Bite wounds, Ulcers, Nodules, Eschars 

#SSTIs
#associations
#SkinInfections
#cellulitis
#ulcer
#eschar
#bites
#nodules
#differential
#diagnosis
#infectiousdisease
associations: Cellulitis, Bite ... ulcer #eschar #bites
Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Does patient have recurrent episodes of urticaria, angioedema or isolated GI
- Known tick bites ... irritation at site ... of tick bite
Morphologic Findings in Red Blood Cells
Basophilic stippling - Small blue dots in red cells, due to
Heinz bodies (Bite ... Bite cells: sharp ... bite-like defects ... fragmentation Dacrocytes
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Polychromatic Macrocytes ... Polychromatic Macrocytes
Schistocytes can assume a shape resembling natural or man-made objects such as arrowheads, fish, collar buttons,
Smear #Helmet #HelmetCells
Illustrative examples of culture-confirmed erythema migrans. A, A single erythema migrans lesion of 8.5 × 5.0
punctum (presumed site ... preceding tick bite
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
14 days at the site ... of Ixodes bite
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
Leptospirosis, Rat-bite