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Posted by
Bobbi Pritt

Date
May 19, 2010
4:22 pm

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Category
Cases, Microbiology

Case of the Week 52

The following images were taken from a Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear. The different stages of the organism shown represent a single species, and each stage is characteristic for this species. The stages are so characteristic, in fact, that each has an ‘unofficial’ name (e.g. nick-name) or description.

Question 1 – What organism (genus and species) is shown?
Question 2 – What is the nick-name of each stage?

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1 Comment

Posted by
MW

Date
May 24, 2010 @ 1pm

1. Plasmodium malariae
2. Ring form
Band form
Gametocyte
Schizont (rosette)

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