Coxsackie virus is responsible of Hand Foot And Mouth Disease, which present as diffuse eruptive vesiculopapules seen on hand,foot and mouth  

Reactivation of virus spreads along the dermatomal distribution of infected nerves and can occur many years after the initial infection.   It’s considered benign unless ...

KOH Preparation showing branched and budding C. albicans

Entamoeba gingivalis was the first parasitic amoeba of humans to be described. It was recovered from the soft tartar between the teeth. it can also appear in sputum. so since morphologically ...

Cryptococcus neoformans polysaccharide capsule is visible by india ink preparation in CSF from an AIDS patient with meningeoencephalitis

Endospores within a spherule in infected lung parenchema. Initial infection usually resolves spontaneously, but when immunity is compromised, dissemination to almost any organ can ...

Precipitation Curve (Prozone and Postzone) On either side of the equivalence zone, precipitation is actually prevented because of an excess of either antigen or antibody. In the case ...

Gram stain shows multiple gram-negative diplococci within polymorphonuclear leukocytes as well as in the extracellular areas of a smear from urethral discharge   References: http://www.fpnotebook.com http://wwnorton.com  

Optimal Range: 75-150 mg/ml Causes of Increased Ineffective erythropoiesis (thalassemias, sideroblastic) Intra-vascular hemolysis Liver disease (alcohol, portocaval shunts) ...

1- hook worm ova 2- Trichuris trichiura ova 3-ascaris lumbricoide ova

The hepatobiliary tree represents hepatic cells and biliary tract cells. Inflammation of the hepatic cells results in elevation in the alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase ...

A normal neutrophil from a female showing a nucleus with four lobes and a ‘drumstick’.