Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital A 91-Year-Old Man with Left Knee Pain Imaging studies
Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital: A 91-year-old man with a history of bladder carcinoma and left total knee arthroplasty was evaluated because of left knee pain. A culture of synovial fluid showed no growth. A diagnosis was made. Full case details: nej.md/4c6fw9k
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Viruses in the news (for ever-nefarious reasons):
Measles - Canada, and thus the Americas, have lost their measles elimination status
Marburg - first-ever outbreak reported in Ethiopia
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Agar plate magnets! Blood agar (alpha hemolysis), MacConkey agar (lactose fermenter), chocolate agar, and MacConkey agar (non-fermenter).
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Holiday preview!
Santa hat Mtb, Santa hat RBCs (normal and sickled), and candy cane Strep.
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Schistosome eggs!
Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma haematobium
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Thanks to @jac-amr.bsky.social for highlighting our work, which I started as a medical student at @weillcornell.bsky.social, and thanks to Drs Lars Westblade and Mike Satlin for their mentorship!
MTBC members M tuberculosis (the OG) and M bovis
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M. smegmatis, our soil-loving laboratory friend
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Some light-hearted content for the weekend!
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria, featuring M fortuitum, M marinum, M abscessus, M chelonae, M ulcerans, and M avium (can you guess which is which?)
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Thank you!! I hope you are well--congratulations on finishing your fellowship and starting the new position at Duke!
Thanks for highlighting our work, Alex!
Thanks to ICHE for highlighting our work demonstrating the utility of WGS surveillance in uncovering hospital-based transmission of VRE!
Glad to see he is thriving under your care! 😄
More RBCs with inclusions! Pappenheimer bodies and Heinz body.
#Hematology #Hemepath #Hemesky #Pathology
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KB test RBCs: the KB test is a method to quantify fetal RBCs in maternal circulation. Acid treatment of a maternal blood sample denatures HbA in the maternal RBCs but not HbF in the fetal RBCs. Treated cells are then stained such that fetal RBCs appear bright pink.
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Time for some fungi: Fusarium macroconidiae, Cunninghamella, and Paracoccidioides!
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with bud and bud scars
#microbiology #mycology #MolecularBiology
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Candida in CHROMagar Candida plus colors: Candida auris, Candida albicans, and Candida glabrata.
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Parasitized RBCs! The first has P. falciparum (note the double chromatin dots!), the second has Babesia (note the maltese cross-pathognomonic but rare in real life), and the third could have either.
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Colorful ribosome friends!
#Biology #MolecularBiology #CellularBiology
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More hemepath friends! Megakaryocyte, myeloblast (note the Auer rod!), plasma cell, and ring sideroblast.
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Cryptococcus neoformans - note the spherical shape, narrow-necked budding, and capsule.
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Reed-Sternberg cell
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RBC pathologic variants: cell with basophilic stippling, bite cell, elliptocyte, and cell with Howell-Jolly body!
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C. elegans and Mtb!
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RBCs - holiday, dacrocyte (tear drop cell), agglutinate, schistocyte
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