In Sub-Sahara Africa and developing countries, where the prevalence of parasitic infection is very high a dominant Th2 immune response has been reported and suggested to increase susceptibility to mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Such an imbalance in an increase is Th2 cells favor IgE production. Peripheral eosinophilia is widely recognized as a useful indicator of parasitic diseases mainl...

OBJECTIVE 1. To compare peripheral smear (PS) and Red cell distribution width (RDW) in diagnosis of Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in various grades. 2. To study the changes in RDW and PS after therapy. METHODS Children in the age group of six months to five years with microcytic (MCV<80fl) anemia (Hemoglobin <11 g%) were evaluated. Those who had received blood transfusion and /or were already ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance and feasibility of FASTPlaqueTB in smear-negative tuberculosis (TB) suspects in a peripheral clinic after laboratory upgrading. DESIGN Patients with cough > or=2 weeks, two sputum smear-negative results, no response to 1 week of amoxicillin and abnormal chest X-ray were defined as smear-negative suspects. One sputum sample was collected, decontaminated an...

Assessment of platelet count is an important diagnostic parameter in haematology. Automated blood cell counters have largely replaced the manual method. However, all abnormal platelet counts are verified in Leishman's stained peripheral blood smear. Platelets also can be identified in the unstained blood smears. The objective of this study is to compare the unstained peripheral blood smears wit...

In recent years, Peripheral blood smear is a generic analysis to assess the person’s health status. Manual testing of images are difficult, time-consuming and subject human intervention visual error. This method encouraged for researchers present algorithms techniques perform peripheral with help computer-assisted decision-making techniques. Existing CAD based methods lacks in attaining accurat...

A case of abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma diagnosed through aspiration cytology is described. This 9-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and distention for three months accompanied by fever and night sweat during the last month. An abdominal sonography and CT scan showed hepatosplenomegaly and an intrahepatic mass with celiac lymph node enlargement, ascites, and pleural fluid. A peripheral ...