The specific diagnosis of babesiosis, which is caused by the piroplasm Babesia microti, is made by microscopic identification of the organism in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears, detection of babesial antibody in acute-and convalescent-phase sera, or identification of the organism following the injection of patient blood into laboratory animals. Although rapid diagnosis can be made with thin bl...

Background: Sickle cells are easily identified on the peripheral smear however quantification of sickle is seldom done. This study attempts to understand importance sickling index in reporting patients with SCD. Objectives: aims standardize methodology paediatric SCD cases and its relation patient characteristics like age sex, genotype, treatment. Materials Methods: A prospective 6 months durat...

OBJECTIVES Histiocytic hyperplasia with hemophagocytosis (HP) is relatively uncommon condition that has often been mistaken in the past for neoplastic disorders. This study was conducted to investigate the possible etiology of HP, its intensity in the bone marrow (BM), and also its effect on hematological parameters with the extent of disease activity. METHODS Blood samples were collected and...

Equine piroplasmosis is a tickborne disease of equids with worldwide distribution, caused by Theileria equi and Babesia caballi. The aim of this study was molecular detection of T. equi and B. caballi in donkeys in northeastern Iran and investigate the association between positivity of piroplasm infection and host-related factors. In the present study, Blood samples were collected from 106 appa...

The bone marrow specimens were secured in the usual way by sternal puncture. The amount obtained did not exceed o. cubic centimeters. Without using an anticoagulant, the material was spread on slides as in preparing blood films. Seven to ten smears were made. The smears were made thin, slightly thick, and thick. The thick ones were used to obtain a general impression of the condition of the bon...

Blood collected from juvenile whooping cranes (Grus americana) in 2007 and 2008 was divided and placed in either the anticoagulant lithium heparin (LiHep) or tri-potassium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (K3EDTA) for diagnostic hematology. Thin smears were prepared from the anticoagulated blood in the field with no delay and in the laboratory after a 4-6-hour delay, and then used to determine d...

A wild-caught male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis, previously known as Chamaleo pardalis) imported from Madagascar and of unknown age was presented to the Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic of Lafayette with a complaint of anorexia.The chameleon’s diet consisted primarily of crickets, which the owner occasionally would dust with calcium supplement. Although physically vigorous, the patient wa...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the cytologic features of nipple discharge and fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic smears from breast lesions reported as showing papillary features and to correlate them with histopathologic features. STUDY DESIGN The study group consisted of FNA smears and/or nipple discharge smears from 65 breast lesions diagnosed on cytology as duct papilloma, papillary lesion, fib...

Microscopic examination of a peripheral blood smear revealed ookinetes of Plasmodium vivax. This unusual finding was probably due to an excessive delay between blood collection and smear preparation. Ookinete formation normally occurs in the mosquito gut. When seen in blood smears, it can cause confusion and misidentification of the parasite.