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Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial ... Peritonitis Clinical ... • PMN > 250 cells ... Positive Gram stain/culture ... SBP #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Peripheral Blood Smear ... Peripheral #Blood #Smear ... #Analysis #hematology ... #microscopy #interpretation ... #clinical #anemia
A non-subtle example of true Sezary syndrome.  Patient presented with erythroderma without antecedent history of
Sezary #Syndrome #Cells ... #Clinical #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy ... #Hematology
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
DIC is a clinical ... polychromatophilic cells ... hemolytic #anemia #Hematology ... #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy
Capnocytophaga spp on Culture and Blood Smear
Associated w/ dog/human oral flora, can cause bacteremia in immunocompromised
Capnocytophaga spp on Culture ... and Blood Smear ... flora, can cause bacteremia ... #Blood #Smear # ... clinical #microscopy
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... ACTIVE TB AFB smear ... microscopy • Testing ... of a NAAT on a smear-positive ... Testing #Diagnosis #Workup
An immune cell hunting a bacterium among red blood cells. It almost gets distracted by another
cell hunting a bacterium ... among red blood cells ... Filmed through a microscope ... #clinical #microbiology ... #video #microscopy
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Peripheral Smear ... Workup: • Complete ... Peripheral blood smear ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... : Smudge cells or ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup ... #oncology #hematology
Bacteria Exploding after Exposure to Penicillin
Escherichia coli cells burst after treatment with ampicillin, a derivative of
Bacteria Exploding ... Escherichia coli cells ... #Bacteria #exploding ... explosion #Penicillin #clinical ... #microscopy #video