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Infertile, decorticated egg of Ascaris lumbricoides
Infertile, decorticated egg of Ascaris lumbricoides
What is Xanthochromia ?
Xanthochromia:
It is the yellowish appearance of cerebrospinal fluid.
Seen in:
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Tests:
CT, a type of brain scan
Lumbar puncture
The tube at the right side
Blood Plasma and Buffy Coat
Blood plasma:
is prepared by spinning a tube of fresh blood containing an anticoagulant (purple top tube) in a centrifuge until the blood cells fall to the bottom of the tube. The blood ...
Tips for making a good blood smear
<1> Clean slides
<2> The size of the drop: not more than 10microL
< 3> Speed of spreading action: Don’t move it too slow or too fast to have feathered edge smear.
<4> ...
Serratia Species Pathogenesis and Infectious Disease
General Information:
S. marcesens, S. liqefaciens, S. odorifera are most clinically significant
Pathogenesis and Infectious Disease:
disease occurs primarily in debilitated individuals
S. ...
Proteus Pathogenesis and Infectious Disease
Proteus
Pathogenesis and Infectious Disease:
a common cause of urinary tract infections and wound infections, septicemia, and pneumonia
Test Results:
P. mirabilis :
Lactose fermentation: ...
Klebsiella sp Pathogenesis and Infectious Disease
Klebsiella sp.
Pathogenesis and Infectious Disease:
K. pneumoniae is a significant cause of respiratory (especially pneumonia) and urinary tract diseases (opportunist)
K. ozaenae ...
Plant cell confused for helminth eggs in stool
Plant cell in a concentrated wet mount of stool. Such material can be common in stool and may be confused for helminth eggs, although they are usually much larger than the eggs of most ...
Plant hair confused for the larvae of hookworm or Strongyloides stercoralis
Plant hair in a concentrated wet mount of stool. Plant hairs can be common in stool and may be confused for the larvae of hookworm or Strongyloides stercoralis. However, they are often ...
Antibody and Antigen Equivalence Zone Simple Diagram
This is simple diagram shows the three zone of antibody-antigen reactions:
Pollen grain similar to the fertile egg of Ascaris lumbricoides
Pollen grain in a concentrated wet mount of stool. This grain looks very similar to the fertile egg of Ascaris lumbricoides, although the spine-like structures on the outer layer should ...
Fungal spore confused for the cysts of Entamoeba spp
Fungal spore in a wet mount of stool. Such spores may be confused for the cysts of Entamoeba spp
