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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
linear red "Auer rod ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Auer Rods - Bone ... prominent Auer rods ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear #Microscopy
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
occasional Auer rods ... consistent with Auer rods ... addition to APL, Auer rods ... #Blood #Smear #Microscopy ... #Auer #Rods #AuerRods
Actinotignum schaalii on Culture and Microscopy
- Gram positive facultative anaerobic coccobacili
 - 4 of 4 sets,
on Culture and Microscopy ... short Gram pos rods ... schaalii #Culture #Microscopy
Clostridium spiroforme on microscopy
- anaerobic Gram positive "rod" growing in blood culture
- the "C. dificile" of
spiroforme on microscopy ... Gram positive "rod ... Gram positive "rod ... spiroforme #clinical #microscopy
Capnocytophaga spp on Culture and Blood Smear
Associated w/ dog/human oral flora, can cause bacteremia in immunocompromised
Gram negative rods ... Smear #clinical #microscopy
Moraxella catarrhalis on culture and microscopy
Only 1-5% of adults are colonized with this Gram neg diplococci
on culture and microscopy ... spp. tend to be rods ... catarrhalis #culture #microscopy
Bipolaris ("pea pods") on Plate Culture and Microscopy

Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd

#Bipolaris #mold #clinical #microscopy
Bipolaris ("pea pods ... Plate Culture and Microscopy ... mold #clinical #microscopy
Gram Negative Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
- Rods (Bacilli)
- Cocci (Diplococci)
- Coccobacilli
- HACEK Group

By Dr. Colleen S.
Identification Algorithm - Rods ... Cocci #Bacilli #Rods
Gram Positive Bacteria - Identification Algorithm
Cocci 
  - Catalase +
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Gamma-Hemolysis Rods ... Cocci #Bacilli #Rods