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Schüffner's dots refers to a hematological finding that is associated with malaria, [1] exclusively found in infections caused by Plasmodium ovale or Plasmodium vivax. [ 2 ] Plasmodium vivax induces morphologic alterations in infected host erythrocytes that are visible by light microscopy in Romanowsky-stained blood smears as multiple brick ...
Using Giemsa-stained blood smears from children in Malawi, one study showed that when clinical predictors (rectal temperature, nailbed pallor, and splenomegaly) were used as treatment indications, rather than using only a history of subjective fevers, a correct diagnosis increased from 2% to 41% of cases, and unnecessary treatment for malaria ...
Rare p phenotype (absence of P1PK antigens caused by null mutations in A4GALT): anti-P 1 (-), anti-P (-), anti-PP 1 P k (-), and anti-P k (-). These individuals have a very strong anti-PP 1 P k which can be associated with delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions and early spontaneous abortions or hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN).
[1] In some cases, a drug can cause the immune system to mistakenly think the body's own red blood cells are dangerous, foreign substances. Antibodies then develop against the red blood cells. The antibodies attach to red blood cells and cause them to break down too early. It is known that more than 150 drugs can cause this type of hemolytic ...
The laboratory tests comprise complete blood count and peripheral blood smear. [3] The hematopathological findings can reflect both the presence of intravascular hemolysis and the underlying immunological process. [1] [16] The complete blood count usually shows normocytic anemia. Reticulocytosis may be subtle in the acute phase.
A white blood cell differential is a medical laboratory test that provides information about the types and amounts of white blood cells in a person's blood. The test, which is usually ordered as part of a complete blood count (CBC), measures the amounts of the five normal white blood cell types – neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils and basophils – as well as abnormal cell ...
Diagnosis is confirmed by observation of merozoites on a thin film blood smear examined at maximum magnification under oil using Romonovski stains (methylene blue and eosin). This is a routine part of the veterinary examination of dogs and ruminants in regions where babesiosis is endemic.
Spherocytosis is the presence of spherocytes in the blood, i.e. erythrocytes (red blood cells) that are sphere-shaped rather than bi-concave disk shaped as normal. Spherocytes are found in all hemolytic anemias to some degree. Hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia are characterized by having only spherocytes. [1]