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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
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... result with no clinical ... ACTIVE TB AFB smear ... microscopy • Testing ... of a NAAT on a smear-positive
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
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
A non-subtle example of true Sezary syndrome.  Patient presented with erythroderma without antecedent history of
Patient presented ... Syndrome #Cells #Clinical ... #Pathology #Smear ... #Microscopy #Hematology
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
our case, the patient ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... Peripheral #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical #Blood
Beautiful acanthocytes/spur cells in a patient with McLeod Syndrome. X-linked disorder characterized by reduced expression of
spur cells in a patient ... McLeod #Syndrome #Smear ... #Pathology #Microscopy ... #Clinical
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 ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis ... Detection of AFB by smear ... microscopy Management
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
on peripheral smear ... size amoeboid trophozoite ... history of the patient ... malaria #peripheral #smear ... #blood #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
90%) & develop latent ... Silicosis • Chronic kidney ... Latent: Asymptomatic ... characteristic features Clinical ... Diagnosis: Latent