Artifacts and Confusers (parasite) Flashcards by A A

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Air bubbles

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Red cells

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WBCs/ Polymorphonuclear cells

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Amoebic cysts (E. histolytica)

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Macrophages/ mononuclear WBCs (trichrome stained stool smear)

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Amoebic (E. histolytica) trophozoites

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Starch granules

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E. hartmanni cysts

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Pollen

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Taenia spp eggs

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Plant cell

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Helminth eggs

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Vegetable cells

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Eggs of helminths (Ascaris)

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Plant material

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Hookworm egg
Helminth egg (A. lumbricoides)

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Vegetable spirals

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Helminth larvae

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Plant hair

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Helminth larvae
Hookworm/ S. larvae

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Charcot-leyden crystals

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larvae of the parasite

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Muscle fiber

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Proglottid (Dipylidium canicum)

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Fungal spores

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Protozoan cysts

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Fungal element (Acid-fast stained stool)

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Oocysts of Cryptosporidium

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Fungal spore (Acid fast stained stool)

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Oocysts of Cyclospora spp.

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Budding yeast

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Helminth eggs
Protozoan cysts

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Yeast (acid fast stained stool)

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Oocysts of Cryptosporidium

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Epithelial cells

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Amebic trophozoites

Q

EC trichrome stained stool smear

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Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites

Q

Mite egg

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Hookworm eggs

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Unidentified obj.

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Diatoms

Q

Aquatic larvae of flies

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Parasitic worms

Q

Earthworms

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Parasitic helminths

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Fused platelets

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Malarial parasite

Stain ppt.

Malarial parasite

Red cell abnormalities

Malarial

Platelet

Trypanosoma cruzi

Fungal obj

Amastigotes of leishmania

Fungal spore

Microfilariae

Seed (intestinal biopsy)

Intestinal trematodes Balantidium coli

Yeast (Giemsa stained)

Leishmania Trypanosoma cruzi

Nucleated RBC

Plasmodium spp.

Platelet A. Thin smear B. Thick smear

A. Trypanosoma cruzi B. Trypanosoma spp.