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Neutrophil Morphology in Sepsis: Blood Smear Analysis

Toxic granulation, Kniazkov-Dele bodies, and vacuolization of neutrophils in sepsis: blood smear microscopy and key markers of bacterial infection.

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Blood smear: band neutrophil with signs of toxic cytoplasmic destruction
Blood smear: band neutrophil with signs of toxic cytoplasmic destruction
Blood smear: neutrophil with a large basophilic Kniazkov-Dele body and vacuoles
Blood smear: neutrophil with a large basophilic Kniazkov-Dele body and vacuoles
Blood smear: band neutrophil with a left shift amidst poikilocytosis
Blood smear: band neutrophil with a left shift amidst poikilocytosis
Blood smear: segmented neutrophil with a Kniazkov-Dele body at the cell edge
Blood smear: segmented neutrophil with a Kniazkov-Dele body at the cell edge

🔬 Blood smear microscopy of a patient with sepsis. ❓What characteristic changes do you notice? 🙏Images kindly provided by Vera Kirnas, Biologist, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, F.S. Ankudinov Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City Hospital.

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