Candida spp are the fourth most common group of nosocomial pathogens isolated from patients on medical, surgical, and intensive care wards. Polymicrobial candidaemia has rarely been described. The diagnosis of candidaemia from peripheral blood smears has not been widely reported. This report describes the case of a young woman suffering from Ewing's sarcoma who developed a syndrome of septic sh...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A blood sample from a 36-year-old woman was tested for anemia. The peripheral blood film shows microcytic, hypo-chromic erythrocytes; mild anisocytosis; marked poikilocytosis, comprising elliptocytes, teardrop cells, and target cells; and a cluster of endoth...

Macrocytosis, generally defined as a mean corpuscular volume greater than 100 fL, is frequently encountered when a complete blood count is performed. The most common etiologies are alcoholism, vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies, and medications. History and physical examination, vitamin B12 level, reticulocyte count, and a peripheral smear are helpful in delineating the underlying cause of mac...

T his peripheral blood smear is from a 72-year-old woman, taken several hours before she died of recurrent plasma cell myeloma and newly developed secondary plasma cell leukemia. Her white blood cell count increased from 39.53 10/mL to 233.2 3 10/mL in 28 hours. The peripheral blood smear shows marked leukocytosis with numerous smallto medium-sized bizarre-looking cells (95% of white blood cell...

a case control study was performed in three districts in hormozgan province in 2001 to assess how different determinants affect on malaria morbidity. it assume that results will help the decision makers in all levels of national development program. a total of 384 febrile patients with positive peripheral blood smear were selected as case group, and 753 people with negative peripheral blood sme...

A clinical case is presented here of a patient from Afganistan. We found intraerythrocytic parasites consistent with malaria vivax. Additionally extraerythrocytic structures were seen. First a co-infection with Borrelia recurrentis was discussed later these structures were identified as male plasmodia microgametes resulting from exflagellation.

www.icjournal.org Budding Yeast Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear: Clue to Candidemia Sung-Yeon Cho, Hyojin Chae, Myungshin Kim, Dong-Gun Lee, and Hee-Je Kim Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic Blood and Marrow Transplantation Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, Co...

Diffuse normolipemic plane xanthoma is a rare disorder often seen as a para-neoplastic manifestation accompanied with gammopathies and hematologic disorders. In this report, a 44-year-old man is presented who was referred to us due to developing erythematous papules on the hands and yellow patches on different parts of the body. Based on cell blood count, peripheral blood smear and positive ant...