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

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites ... cells) - Blood Smear ... in a thin blood smear ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy ... #malaria #microbiology
Babesiosis - Babesia Life Cycle
1) Tick takes a blood meal (sporozoites introduced into host)
2) Trophozie ←→
Babesiosis - Babesia ... into host) 2) Trophozie ... into host) 7) Trophozie ... Babesia #LifeCycle #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #infectiousdiseases
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... ACTIVE TB AFB smear ... microscopy • Testing ... of a NAAT on a smear-positive ... LatentTB #ActiveTB #InfectiousDiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Cholecystitis Diagnosis ... stain: Peripheral smear ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Babesiosis - Diagnosis ... renal failure Diagnosis ... • Thin blood smear ... #Management #microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... , Weight loss Diagnosis ... Established via stool microscopy ... management #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Cat-Related Zoonoses - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Saliva: Bartonella henselae, Pasteurella multocida, Rabies, Capnocytophaga, Tularemia, Cowpox
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Microbiology # ... InfectiousDiseases