Klebsiella pneumoniae Left to right: glucose, lactose, maltose, mannitole, sucrose and indole tests

Paragonimus westermani eggs : ———————————— range from 80 to 120 µm long by 45 to 70 µm wide.  They are yellow-brown, ...

wet mount of a vaginitis , infected with trichomonase    

The term ‘microcytosis’ means small red cells. The three main causes are iron deficiency, some cases of the anemia of chronic disease, and the thalassemia syndromes. Sideroblastic ...

Salmonella-Shigella platesSalmonella-Shigella agar plates contain lactose, bile salts, ferric citrate, and neutral red. The bile salts select for Gram-negative bacteria. The other components ...

CBC with megaloblastic anemia ==================== The CBC here shows a markedly increased MCV, typical for megaloblastic anemia. The MCV can be mildly increased in persons recovering ...

The Auramine-Rhodamine stain (AR), is histological technique used to visualize acid-fast bacilli using fluorescence microscopy, especially the Mycobacterium genus like Tuberculosis ...

  Isospora belli oocyst with one sporoblast – Ziehl–Neelsen stain

There are numerous fragmented RBC’s seen here. Some of the irregular shapes appear as “helmet” cells. Such fragmented RBC’s are known as “schistocytes” ...

How Thalassemia is passed on from parents to children