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

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Smear A classic ... smear. ... scalloped edge) Rich Davis ... #Smear #peripheral ... #clinical #microscopy
Identification of Trypanosoma brucei vs Trypanosoma cruzi
The best, easiest way to distinguish Trypanosoma species: size of
trypomastigotes in blood ... tissue (never in blood ... of RBC) Rich Davis ... #microbiology #blood ... #smear #microscopy