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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
P. falciparum causes ... ~75% of human malaria ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microscopy #microbiology ... #malaria
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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Hereditary: • Peripheral ... blood smear + DAT ... Infection mediated (Babesiosis ... Malaria, Clostridium ... #causes
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Infections/toxins: Malaria ... , Babesiosis, Bartonella ... Defects: Sickle cell anemia ... Dehydrogenase ↑ - Peripheral ... Blood Smear ↑ abnormal
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
Babesiosis on Peripheral ... post exchange: blood ... babesia microti, malaria ... lysis: fever, anemia ... #Peripheral #Smear
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... (RBC = red blood ... by ordering a peripheral ... smear, a reticulocyte ... the most likely cause
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
No hemolytic anemia ... trypanosomiasis • Babesiosis ... of malaria diagnosed ... renal function • Blood ... a chest film; blood-smear