Lab test interpretation
Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Urethral Smear Microscopy
Morphological features of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urethral smear microscopy: leukocyte clusters, intracellular and extracellular kidney-bean-shaped diplococci.
Tag
Bacterial Infection
Lab test interpretation
Neurosyphilis Diagnosis: CSF Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA)
Detecting Treponema pallidum antibodies in CSF using IFA: test sensitivity, specificity, and laboratory criteria for neurosyphilis diagnosis.
Clinical cases
Cytological Signs of Chlamydia in Cervical Smears
Morphological signs of infection in cervical cytological smears stained by Romanowsky: intracellular inclusions of Chlamydia trachomatis.
Clinical cases
CSF Microscopy in Bacterial Meningitis: A Pediatric Case
A 3-year-old child with bacterial meningitis: CSF microscopy with staining, pleocytosis, and toxic granulation of neutrophils in peripheral blood.
Hematology
Incomplete Phagocytosis in Neutrophils During Sepsis
Neutrophil morphology in severe bacterial sepsis: visualizing incomplete bacterial phagocytosis within leukocyte cytoplasm in a blood smear.
Lab test interpretation
Neutrophilic Phagocytosis of Bacteria in Peritoneal Fluid
Detection of intracellular cocci (Enterococcus faecalis) within neutrophils in peritoneal fluid as a sign of true bacterial infection.
Lab test interpretation
Key Cells in Vaginal Smears for Bacterial Vaginosis
Morphology of key cells in vaginal microflora smears: criteria for detecting adherent bacteria on epithelium in bacterial vaginosis.
Laboratory methods
Streptococci and Sarcinae in Sputum by Ziehl-Neelsen Stain
Morphology of non-acid-fast bacteria in sputum smears: long chains of streptococci and packets of sarcinae with Ziehl-Neelsen staining.
Clinical cases
Borrelia Spirochetes in Peripheral Blood Smear in Borreliosis
A clinical case of borreliosis and West Nile fever: detection of Borrelia spirochetes in a peripheral blood smear during microscopy.
Lab test interpretation
Ammonium Urate and Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Urine
Urine sediment microscopy: identification of ammonium urate crystals ("thorn apple"), calcium oxalates, and associated bacteriuria.
Lab test interpretation
Pathological Cerebrospinal Fluid Syndromes: Differential Diagnosis
Laboratory signs of serous, hemorrhagic, and purulent CSF syndromes: physical properties of CSF, protein, glucose, and cytosis levels in meningitis and TBI.
Lab test interpretation
Multinucleated Transitional Epithelium in Urine Sediment
Microscopy of urine sediment: a trinucleated transitional epithelial cell (urothelium) with bacteriuria. Morphological features at 400x magnification.