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Here are very large, immature myeloblasts with many nucleoli. A distincitve feature of these blasts is
linear red "Auer rod ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods
Auer Rods - Bone marrow aspiration revealed 5% blasts and 65% promyelocytes; many promyelocytes had prominent
Auer Rods - Bone ... prominent Auer rods ... AcutePromyelocyticLeukemia #Smear
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
granules, and Auer rods ... KyleBradleyMD #Auer #Rods ... Hematology #Clinical #Smear
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
occasional Auer rods ... She was diagnosed ... peripheral blood smear ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear ... Microscopy #Auer #Rods
Gram Stain - Bacteria Identification Algorithm
Gram Positive:
 • Rods: Oxidase+, Oxidase-, Fastidious, Anaerobic, Curved
 • Cocci:
Positive: • Rods ... Negative: • Rods ... #microbiology #diagnosis
Characteristics of Selected Pneumonias

Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). Gram-positive diplococci. 
Haemophilus influenzae. Pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacilli. 
Staphylococcus aureus. Plump
gram-negative encapsulated rods ... Gram-negative rods ... Gram-negative rods ... Pneumonia #Patterns #Diagnosis
BI-RADS Categories

#Birads #mammogram #screening #breast #cancer #radiology #categories
BI-RADS Categories ... breast #cancer #radiology
Pap Smear Algorithm 
#Diagnosis #Pap #Smear #Test #Cervical #HPV #Screening #PrimaryCare #Management #Vaccination #Gynecology
Pap Smear Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Pap ... #Smear #Test #Cervical
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
cocci, Gram(+) rods ... , Gram(–) rods, ... Q2) to Gram(+) rods ... For Gram(–) rods ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Pathophysiology - Warm vs Cold AIHA
Warm AIHA:
 - 70%; IgG mediated
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or negative - Smear ... C3 positive - Smear ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis