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Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes on Blood Smear.

Banana-shaped gametocytes are only seen in Plasmodium falciparum but rare in
Gametocytes on Blood ... falciparum but rare in blood ... Plasmodium #Falciparum #Blood ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microbiology #malaria
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood ... ~75% of human malaria ... P.f. but rare in blood ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microbiology #malaria
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
Arthropod bites: malaria ... toxoplasmosis • Blood ... : < 7 days: malaria ... 7-21 days: malaria ... > 21 days: malaria
Hemothorax on Lung POCUS with Spine Sign

GSW to left chest.  Perisplenic window focusing on lower
Hemothorax on Lung POCUS ... area of clotted blood ... Note that clotted blood ... Hemothorax #Lung #POCUS ... #Spine #Sign #clinical
Miliary Tuberculosis 
Hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 
Clinical: 
 • Failure to thrive 
 • Fever
Miliary Tuberculosis ... tuberculosis Clinical ... Adrenal glands #Miliary
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... #Clinical #Ultrasound
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... Radiology • Miliary ... Mesothelioma, Miliary ... @PulmPEEPs #Miliary ... pulmonary #CXR #clinical
P. falciparum ring forms on a thin smear

 - Dr. Christina Dean
@deanchr3

#Plasmodium #falciparum #Rings #Smear #Hematology
Hematology #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Pathology #malaria
Malaria - Plasmodium Life Cycle
1) Mosquito takes a blood meal (injects sporozoites)
Human Liver Stages
2) Infected liver
Malaria - Plasmodium ... Mosquito takes a blood ... schizont 5) Human Blood ... Mosquito takes a blood ... Ruptured oocyst #Malaria
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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• Peripheral blood ... Malaria, Clostridium