Monday, July 27, 2009

Case of the Week 79

The following peripheral blood smear is from a 42 year old woman from Venezuela. Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)
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2 comments:

  1. ianJuly 31, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    This is T. cruzi. It has the nucleus in the middle and a large kinetoplast at the posterior end. Also the patient is from S. America, where this parasite is found.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    T. cruzi also, but morphologically, can't rule out T. rhodesiense or gambiense. BW in Vt.

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