Monday, July 21, 2014

Case of the Week 312

Dear Readers,
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Now for our case this week:  A peripheral blood thin film from a patient with recurring fevers and recent travel to India.  Identification?









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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 21, 2014 at 2:36 PM

    hmmm, let me take a random guess - are these red blood cells infected w/malaria?

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  2. AnonymousJuly 21, 2014 at 3:49 PM

    P. vivax most likely, probably fairly chronic with ring forms, a schizont and possibly a gametocyte.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 21, 2014 at 6:10 PM

    Infected red cells are larger than surrounding non infected red cells. Somewhat small rings, some with double nuclei. Schizonts with more than 8 nuclei. Possibly gametocytes present. Infected red cell cave in at contact areas with adjacent cells.
    All the findings are consistent with P. vivax.

    Florida Fan

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  4. AnonymousJuly 22, 2014 at 3:34 AM

    Plasmodium vivax.
    Nice schizont with 16 merozoïds.

    Hans Naus

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  5. AnonymousJuly 22, 2014 at 8:27 AM

    Plasmodium vivax, some nice extra-cellular merozoites!

    Lee

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  6. AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 12:13 PM

    P. vivax. Nice

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  7. AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 1:15 PM

    P.vivax definitely

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  8. AnonymousJuly 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    P.vivax definitely

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  9. AnonymousJuly 24, 2014 at 7:14 AM

    P vivax ring form, schizonts

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  10. AnonymousJuly 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM

    Plasmodium vivax. Ring form, schizont and gametocytes seen.

    Wan Hafiz

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