A scientist from West Africa moved into the United States after living in Liberia and Sierra Leone. He was admitted to a medical facility, complaining of shortness of breath and suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis. An x-ray was ordered, an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smear was made, and blood was collected to determine platelet counts and hemoglobin levels. A Wright-Giemsa stained blood smear was made and reviewed; the objects seen on the thin smear were approximately 250 µm (based on the relative size of the white blood cells).
What is your diagnosis and based on what criteria?
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Keywords: Image Challenge, Microbiology Quiz, Medical microbiology quiz, Microscopic images
Keywords: Image Challenge, Microbiology Quiz, Medical microbiology quiz, Microscopic images
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microfilaria
infection with Brugia malayi
Answer for The Image Challenge:
1.It was the image of Mycobacterium Tuberclosis
2.Diagnosis:
AMES TEST
3.Treatment:
Treating the patient with Azidothymine drug to reduce the infection load.
Invisible Yet Invincible
Subject:Image Challenge 23-Identifying Object
IMAGE:MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCLOSIS
DIAGNOSIS:ACID FAST STANING & AMES TEST(Analysing Mutagens and Carcinogens)
TREATEMENT:TREATING THE PATIENT WITH AZIDOTHYMINE DRUG for a week to reduce the infectious load in the blood
Wuchereria bancrofti, larva of a filarial worm on blood smear - causes lymphatic filariases.
it can be microfilaria
microfilaria - w. bancrofti
Wuchereria bancrofti
W.bancrofti...
microfilaria bancrofti
Wuchereria bancrofti
Clue:
Size - 250µm
Presence of a sheath.
Anucleate tail.
microfilariae of Wucheria brancofti
regions endemic for brancoftian filariasis
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