Artifacts And Confusers Flashcards
WBCs are often mistaken as
Entamoeba histolytica
WBC vs E. Histolytica
WBC lobes are connected
Mononuclear WBCs or macrophages are often mistaken as
Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites
Pollen grains are similiar to
Taenia species eggs
Vegetable cells may be mistaken as
Helmith larvae
Yeast cells are confused with
Entamoeba Hartmanni
Entamoeba nana
Entamoeba hominis
Yeast cell bears a remarkable similarity to
Cryptospordium oocyst
Plant hair may resemble
Helminth larvae
Plant material resembles
Helminth eggs (unfertilized ascaris lumbricoides)
Epithelial cells resemble
Amebic trophozoites
Starch
Enterobius vermicularis
Pollen
Ascaris lumbricoides
Fiberd
Stongyloides stercoralis
Entamoeba histolytica
WBC
Entamoeba hartmanni
Budding yeast
Endolimax nana cyst
Starch cells
E. Histolytica trophozoite
Epithelial cell
Plasmodium ovale
Clumped or fused platelets
Plasmodium vivax
Stain precipitate
Taenia spp egg
Pollen grain
Ascaris lumbricoides eggs
Vegetable cells
Hookworm filariform larva
Vegetable spiral
Strongyloides filariform larva
Plant hair
are structures that closely resemble parasites but in reality are not.
Artifacts and confusers