http://pathtalk.org/archives/1898 is a weblog about pathology and laboratory medicine. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pathtalk.org/archives/1898/comment-page-1#comment-1441 vijayshankar Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:40:42 +0000 http://pathtalk.org/?p=1898#comment-1441 it looks like babesia. in order to differentiate fron falciparum, one has to look for extraerythrocytic gametocytes, which r present in falciparum malaria but extraerythrocytic forma r absent in babesiosis. it looks like babesia. in order to differentiate fron falciparum, one has to look for extraerythrocytic gametocytes, which r present in falciparum malaria but extraerythrocytic forma r absent in babesiosis.

]]> http://pathtalk.org/archives/1898/comment-page-1#comment-1430 Chris Cogbill Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:43:55 +0000 http://pathtalk.org/?p=1898#comment-1430 My initial differential would be Babesia vs Plasmodium falciparum with the high parasite load. There are numerous intracellular ring forms. I would lean toward Babesia with several ring forms in single erythrocytes, but I don't know how I'd rule out falciparum malaria from these smears... My initial differential would be Babesia vs Plasmodium falciparum with the high parasite load. There are numerous intracellular ring forms. I would lean toward Babesia with several ring forms in single erythrocytes, but I don’t know how I’d rule out falciparum malaria from these smears…

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