Case of the Week 397
This week's case is a blood specimen from an elderly gentleman from Arkansas. He is asplenic and has received multiple blood transfusions for chronic anemia. Below are images from Wright-Giemsa stained thin films taken by our Clinical Microbiology fellow, Poornima.Identification?What is the likely species involved in this case? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 25, 2016 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 397
Answer: Babesia sp.Interestingly, this case was identified as Babesia divergens/MO-1 strain by PCR testing. The currently unnamed MO-1 strain (found in Missouri) is closely related to B. divergens, a pathogen of cattle in Europe. Since the description of the MO-1 strain, other B. divergens-like organisms have been detected in Kentucky and Washington states.The morphology of the B. divergens and B. divergens-like organisms is slightly different than that of B. microti, in that the organisms are usually oval or elliptical and tetrad-forms are more commonly seen. The clinical picture is also slightly different ...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 23, 2016 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
AANP Meeting Presidential Symposium Speaker: Neil Cashman, MD
From the American Association of Neuropathologists front office:Neil Cashman, MDAANP is very excited to have Dr. Neil Cashman present at this year’s Presidential Symposium on Sunday, June 19. His talk will be on Seeding and Propagation of SOD1 Misfolding in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Dr. Neil Cashman is a neurologist-neuroscientist working in neurodegeneration and neuroimmunology. His special areas of work are the motor neuron diseases, particularly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and the amyloid encephalopathies, including prion illnesses and Alzheimer’s disease. He is Professor of Medicine at the University o...
Source: neuropathology blog - May 20, 2016 Category: Radiology Tags: meetings motor neuron disease Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 396
This week's case is a peripheral blood smear from a 52 year-old businessman from India. Identification? (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - May 16, 2016 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Finally!!! The new WHO CNS tumor classification book has been published
After months of anticipation, the new brain tumor WHO classification book is here! You can order it at this web address.Thanks to Dr. Mark Cohen for alerting me to this development. (Source: neuropathology blog)
Source: neuropathology blog - May 16, 2016 Category: Radiology Tags: books Source Type: blogs
