Haematology investigation revealed no abnormalities, particularly no elevated eosinophil count, and no microfilariae were seen using stained blood films; the filariasis serology was negative.
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The preferred and most reliable diagnosis of malaria is microscopic examination of blood films, because each of the four major parasite species has distinguishing characteristics.
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Blood films are preferably made within 30 minutes of the blood draw and must certainly be made within an hour of the blood being drawn.
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The biggest pitfall in most laboratories in developed countries is leaving too great a delay between taking the blood sample and making the blood films.
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At the hospital in B�ne ( now Annaba ), he noticed spherical bodies from a patient s blood film, free or adherent to red blood cells.
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So-called " Maltese cross formations " on the blood film are essentially diagnostic of babesiosis, since they are not seen in malaria, the primary differential diagnosis.
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The most economic, preferred, and reliable diagnosis of malaria is microscopic examination of blood films because each of the four major parasite species has distinguishing characteristics.
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Antibodies against " Babesia " ( both IgG and IgM ) can detect low-level infection in cases with a high clinical suspicion, but negative blood film examinations.
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To identify the numbers of different white cells, a blood film is made, and a large number of white blood cells ( at least 100 ) are counted.
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To balance the long run of bombs-and-blood films about the North, movieland turned to a more innocent Ireland, cashing in with the giddy " Waking Ned Devine ."
