Ann Lab Med.  2018 Mar;38(2):165-168. 10.3343/alm.2018.38.2.165.

Incidental Identification of Plasmodium vivax During Routine Complete Blood Count Analysis Using the UniCel DxH 800

• Shin S
• Park SH
• Park J

• KMID: 2403363
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2018.38.2.165

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Blood Cell Count*
Plasmodium vivax*
Plasmodium*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Sizes of malaria signals (green population indicated by white arrow in 2D plot and black arrow in 3D plot) in nucleated red blood cell plot (rotated low angle light scatter [RLALS] vs axial light [AL2]) is roughly correlated with the parasite burden. (A and B) Positive: 9,134 parasites/µL on hospital day (HOD) 1. (C and D) Positive: 48 parasites/µL on HOD 3. (E and F) Negative: not found on HOD 7 in 2D and 3D plots.

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  Fig. 2 Results of thin peripheral blood smear and malaria PCR. (A) Morphology of different stages of the Plasmodium vivax (indicated by black arrows) in a thin peripheral blood smear. (B) Positive result (indicated by the red arrow) of electrophoresis after PCR screening for malaria.Abbreviations: SM, size marker; PC, positive control; NC, negative control.

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