Lab test interpretation
Triple Phosphate Crystals in Stool: Coprogram Microscopy
Detection of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals during stool microscopy: crystal morphology in coprogram and clinical-diagnostic significance.
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Diagnostics
Parasitology
Diagnostic Exercise: What Was Found in a Soil Sample?
A microscopy diagnostic exercise: a microscopic object was found in a soil sample. Try to identify the finding based on its characteristic morphology.
Laboratory methods
Why PCR and Bacterial Culture Results Differ
Exploring reasons for discrepancies between PCR and culture methods, laboratory test sensitivity, and the challenge of sample contamination.
Lab test interpretation
Leptothrix in Vaginal Smear: Microscopic Features
Explore the morphology and microscopic characteristics of Leptothrix in vaginal smears. Learn about filamentous Leptothrix bacteria on epithelial surfaces and in microflora.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Identifying a Rare Parasite
A diagnostic challenge in laboratory parasitology: microscopy of a 95 µm finding. Clinical clues and morphological features provided.
Lab test interpretation
Extracellular Starch in Stool: Diagnosing Amylorrhea
Detection of extracellular starch in stool by coprogram microscopy with Lugol's solution. Causes of amylorrhea and clinical significance of the test.
Parasitology
Tungiasis: Manifestations and Diagnosis of Tunga penetrans
Tungiasis (sarcopsyllosis) is a parasitic skin disease caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans. Learn about its life cycle and laboratory diagnosis.
Laboratory methods
Aspergillus flavus: Culture and Microscopic Morphology
Identification features of Aspergillus flavus: macromorphology of colonies on culture medium and microscopic structure of conidial heads.
Parasitology
Microscopy of Helminth Eggs and Protozoan Cysts in the Lab
Microscopic diagnosis of parasitic invasions: an atlas for differentiating intestinal protozoan cysts, helminth eggs, and larvae in stool samples.
Parasitology
Morphology of Helminth Eggs: Schistosoma, Enterobius, Moniezia
Microscopic features of parasite eggs: Schistosoma mansoni, Enterobius vermicularis, Moniezia benedeni, and Moniezia expansa in native preparations.
Lab test interpretation
Fern Test for Amniotic Fluid Leakage Diagnosis
Microscopic crystallization (fern phenomenon) upon drying amniotic fluid. A diagnostic method for ruptured fetal membranes.
Lab test interpretation
Amyloid Bodies in Prostate Secretion: Microscopic View
Morphology of amyloid bodies in native prostate gland secretion: concentric layering and clinical significance of the finding during microscopy.