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.
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Sepsis
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
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.
Hematology
Green Crystals of Death in Neutrophils During Sepsis
Morphology of green crystals of death in neutrophils: the significance of blue-green inclusions, Döhle bodies, and bacteremia in severe sepsis.
Hematology
Bacteria in Blood Smear in Sepsis: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Clinical case of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in sepsis during COVID-19: morphology of bacteria in blood smear and complete blood count dynamics.