Inclusion bodies and microscopic appearance

Question 1

Donovan bodies (safety pin appearance)

Answer 1

Klebsiella granulomatis

Question 2

Morulae

Answer 2

Ehrlichia

Question 3

Aschoff bodies

Answer 3

S. pyogenes (Rheumatic fever)

Question 4

Halberstadler Prowazek bodies

Answer 4

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 5

Levinthal Lillicole bodies

Answer 5

Chlamydophila psittaci

Question 6

Sclerotic bodies or Muriform cells

Answer 6

Chromoblastomycosis (Cladophialophora, Fonsecaea)

Question 7

Asteroid bodies

Answer 7

Sporothrix schenckii

Question 8

Guarneri bodies (virus)

Answer 8

Pox virus

Question 9

Cowdry type A Inclusion body

Answer 9

Herpes simplex virus, Varicella Zoster virus

Question 10

Torres Councilman bodies

Answer 10

Yellow fever

Question 11

Negri bodies (virus)

Answer 11

Rabies virus

Question 12

Bipolar bodies

Answer 12

Yersinia pestis, Klebsiella granulomatis, Burkholderia pseudomallei

Question 13

Safety pin appearance

Answer 13

Yersinia pestis, Bacteroides

Question 14

Fine sand

Answer 14

Brucella

Question 15

Tennis racket/Drumstick

Answer 15

Clostridium tetani

Question 16

School of red fish

Answer 16

Haemophilus ducreyi

Question 17

Lollipop/Racquet/Drumstick

Answer 17

Clostridium tetani

Question 18

Bullet shape (bacteria)

Answer 18

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 19

V or L shape in palisades

Answer 19

Corynebacteria

Question 20

Zigzag branching pattern

Answer 20

Rhodococcus equi

Question 21

Extensive branching with spore-like bodies

Answer 21

Streptomyces somaliensis

Question 22

Coffee-bean/Kidney shape

Answer 22

Neisseria spp.

Question 23

String of pearls

Answer 23

Streptobacillus

Question 24

Dog bones appearance

Answer 24

Bifidobacterium (bifurcated/forked ends)

Question 25

Curved bacteria (MACH V)

Answer 25

Mobiluncus, Vibrio, Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Arcobacter

Question 26

Spiral bacteria

Answer 26

Treponema, Borrelia, Brachyspira, Leptospira, Gastrobacillum

Question 27

Pleomorphic bacteria

Answer 27

Lactobacillus, Streptobacillus, Some Helicobacter

Question 28

Rat tail/string bean macroconidia

Answer 28

Trichophyton verrucosum

Question 29

Sagebrush or shaggy star hypha

Answer 29

Candida parapsilosis

Question 30

Copper pennies/Stone in stonewall Sclerotic bodies

Answer 30

Chromoblastomycosis

Question 31

Downey cell / Atypical cell

Answer 31

EBV

Question 32

Brick-shaped morphology

Answer 32

Pox virus

Question 33

Bullet-shaped virus

Answer 33

Rabies

Question 34

Thread shape virus

Answer 34

Filovirus

Question 35

Club/Crown/Petal virus

Answer 35

Coronavirus

Question 36

Sandy/Granular

Answer 36

Arenavirus