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Date
June 14, 2010
3:19 pm

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Cases, Hematopathology, Microbiology

Case of the Week 54

The following were seen on a Giemsa-stained thick blood film made from EDTA whole blood. Identification?


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Posted by
Caughron

Date
July 8, 2010 @ 3pm

Falciparum malaria??

Posted by
John Childs

Date
July 14, 2010 @ 8pm

Looks like P. falciparum. High parasitemia, many rings, some resembling headphones. Perhpas a banana shaped gametocyte in image 5.

Posted by
John Childs

Date
July 14, 2010 @ 8pm

Tough case…need more 3rd world experience. :)

Posted by
deeba sadaf

Date
July 30, 2010 @ 6am

pasmodium falcip[arum coz of those double ring

Posted by
Lisa

Date
September 28, 2010 @ 7pm

Trypanosome

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