Hematology
Neutrophils with Annular Nuclei in Feline Sepsis
Morphology of neutrophils with annular nuclei in a cat's blood smear during sepsis. Characteristics of toxic changes and their counting in the leukocyte differential.
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Sepsis
Hematology
Bacteremia in Peripheral Blood Smear in Sepsis
A clinical case of bacteremia in severe sepsis: leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, procalcitonin level 84.6 ng/mL, and bacteria in the blood smear.
Hematology
Bacteria and Fungi in Blood Smears: Sepsis or Artifact?
How to distinguish true bacteremia in sepsis from blood smear contamination and staining artifacts. Analysis of microscopic findings and fungal spores.
Hematology
Candidemia: Yeast Fungi Detection in Blood Smear
Clinical case of candidemia in an ICU patient: Candida cell morphology in peripheral blood, phagocytosis, and hemogram data.
Hematology
Neutrophilic Myelocytes in Blood Smear During Sepsis
Morphology of neutrophilic myelocytes in a peripheral blood smear from a patient with sepsis and a pronounced regenerative left shift of the leukocyte formula.
Hematology
Disseminated Candidiasis in Peripheral Blood Smear
Peripheral blood smear in a child with disseminated candidiasis: phagocytosis of Candida cells by neutrophils, toxic granulation of the cytoplasm.
Hematology
Neutrophil Vacuolization: Causes and Clinical Significance
What neutrophil vacuolization in a blood smear means: a marker of severe bacterial infection, sepsis, or an artifact of prolonged EDTA sample storage.
Hematology
Toxic Granulation of Neutrophils: Causes and Morphology
What toxic granulation of neutrophils in a blood smear means. Mechanism of granule formation, connection to infection severity, sepsis, and clinical significance.
Hematology
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.
Hematology
Incomplete Phagocytosis in Neutrophils During Sepsis
Neutrophil morphology in severe bacterial sepsis: visualizing incomplete bacterial phagocytosis within leukocyte cytoplasm in a blood smear.
Hematology
Neutrophil Pseudo-Pelger-Huët Anomaly in Sepsis
Neutrophil morphology in sepsis: differential diagnosis of metamyelocytes and pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly in blood smears and scattergrams.
Hematology
Leukocyte Differential and Left Shift in Sepsis
Clinical case: changes in complete blood count, Sysmex XN scattergrams, and cell morphology in severe sepsis with procalcitonin 289 ng/mL.