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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum ... Blood Smear. ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... rare in blood smears ... #peripheral #clinical
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum ... trophozoites (and ... cells) - Blood Smear ... #Blood #Smear # ... peripheral #clinical
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
Plasmodium vivax ... on peripheral smear ... Diagnosis? ... Plasmodium vivax ... size amoeboid trophozoite
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... Buffy coat stain: Peripheral ... smear for fusiform ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Fever After International Travel

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

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
Babesiosis • Plasmodium ... cases of malaria diagnosed ... chest film; blood-smear ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases