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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
result with no clinical ... manifestations of active ... of developing active ... TB AFB smear microscopy ... of a NAAT on a smear-positive
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
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
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... signs/symptoms of active ... Detection of AFB by smear ... microscopy Management
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis ... bacilli (Panel D) #Clinical ... CT #Urogenital #Tuberculosis ... #Pyuria #Smear ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Silicosis • Chronic kidney ... Active: Symptomatic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Treatment: Active
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Silicosis • Chronic kidney ... Active: Symptomatic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Treatment: Active
Hair Follicle Growth on Microscopy
One of the most mitotically active parts of the body, the hair
Follicle Growth on Microscopy ... most mitotically active ... above where the photo ... Follicle #Growth #clinical ... #video #Microscopy
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Wuchereria #bancrofti #clinical ... #photo #smear # ... microscopy