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Falciparum malaria in blood smears

Author: Behzad Poopak, PhD, 06/02/2018
Category: Infectious Disease > Parasites > Malaria > P. falciparum
Published Date: 06/06/2018

These images are related to a 19-year-old male with fever, chills and hematuria. Many infected erythrocytes with ring stages(double, multiple and even RBCs with 5 rings/RBC), gametocytes and pigment-laden macrophages and neutrophils. Neurophils with merozoites or parasite remnants seen too. In addition, there is anemia, left shift, circulating nucleated RBCs & polychromasia seen.