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mtniharika - 09-09-09 13:27 Bookmark and Share

One week following a visit to the woods along an Eastern seaboard beach,
a 50-year-old woman develops fever, headache, chills, and fatigue. A blood
smear demonstrates protozoa within erythrocytes. Which of the following is
the most likely pathogen?
A. Babesia microti
B. Leishmania donovania
C. Plasmodium falciparum
D. Plasmodium vivax
E. Trypanosoma cruzi






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bingousmle - 09-09-09 13:35

My answer is: a.

#2
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abhi384 - 09-21-09 15:09

My answer is: a.

#3
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shwethinzar07 - 09-22-09 00:22

My answer is: a.

#4
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winwinkyi - 09-22-09 04:27

My answer is: a.

#5
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slavic - 09-22-09 13:14

My answer is: a.

#6
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drhumaira - 09-22-09 15:40

My answer is: a.

#7
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theintun - 09-22-09 16:48

My answer is: a.

#8
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arij1988 - 09-22-09 20:41

My answer is: a.

#9
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juanjohnsomera - 09-22-09 21:12

My answer is: d.

#10
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qingjie87 - 09-29-09 03:51

My answer is: b.

#11
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markovnikovas - 10-01-09 08:02

My answer is: d.

#12
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cadaku - 10-01-09 22:20

My answer is: a.

#13
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ahalya - 10-02-09 02:12

My answer is: a.

#14
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doctoralbia - 10-02-09 03:40

My answer is: c.

#15
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fahadwaseem - 10-02-09 07:27

My answer is: c.

#16
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swetashobha - 10-02-09 10:02

My answer is: c.

#17
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ramya123 - 10-02-09 13:10

My answer is: d.

#18
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sripurandar - 11-07-09 13:30

My answer is: a.

#19
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usmlefever3 - 11-07-09 13:33

My answer is: a.

#20
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saleem - 11-08-09 01:50

My answer is: b.

#21
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traxdata - 11-08-09 10:31

My answer is: a.

#22
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kamar865 - 11-08-09 14:47

My answer is: a.

#23
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draqeel - 11-09-09 03:57

My answer is: c.

#24
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conym5 - 11-09-09 11:01

My answer is: a.


protozoa within erythrocytes......it could be Babesia microti or Plasmodium falciparum,,, but looking at the geographical region, given in the question i chose Babesia microti....
do you guys see any other differentiationg symptoms??????????

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nadi12 - 11-15-09 20:28

My answer is: c.

#26
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medusmle01 - 12-14-09 09:55

My answer is: c.

#27
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nandi85 - 12-15-09 12:11

My answer is: b.

#28
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jordanrobin - 12-18-09 09:16

My answer is: a.

#29
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ysemak - 12-18-09 09:25

My answer is: a.

#30
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drayazmomin - 12-19-09 00:40

My answer is: c.

#31
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1811166 - 12-19-09 17:47

My answer is: a.

#32
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drbelica - 12-20-09 13:28

My answer is: e.

#33
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nidayasir - 12-20-09 14:02

My answer is: b.

#34
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jaironavarrete - 12-20-09 15:44

My answer is: c.

#35
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akilaj7 - 12-20-09 21:23

My answer is: c.

#36
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cpadoc - 12-21-09 23:54

My answer is: b.

#37
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jyotiprasad - 12-22-09 02:04

My answer is: a.

#38
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sonnetnath - 12-22-09 11:17

My answer is: e.

#39
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conym5 - 12-22-09 12:01

persistent fevers and hemolytic anemia. The definitive diagnostic test for babesiosis is the identification of parasites on a Giemsa-stained thin blood smear. 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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waqarhafeez - 12-25-09 05:28

My answer is: d.

#41
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armanuahmad - 12-26-09 10:19

My answer is: e.

#42
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nabeela - 12-28-09 10:27

My answer is: c.

#43
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shahad - 12-28-09 14:25

My answer is: e.

#44
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souvikadhikari - 12-28-09 15:55

My answer is: c.

#45
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sabasabamasood - 01-06-10 04:59

My answer is: a.

#46
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saloninona - 01-08-10 13:26

My answer is: d.

#47
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smiles - 01-08-10 17:07

My answer is: a.

#48
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pat2005 - 01-09-10 15:08

My answer is: d.

#49
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oldman - 01-13-10 09:55

My answer is: a.

#50
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jaijanak - 01-13-10 13:27

My answer is: a.

#51
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xavico1982 - 01-13-10 20:53

My answer is: d.

#52
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moyoah - 01-24-10 10:38

My answer is: c.

#53
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rejuvicell - 01-26-10 04:45

My answer is: c.

#54
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sulamita - 01-26-10 12:55

My answer is: d.

#55
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cisca1910 - 01-26-10 14:46

My answer is: c.

#56
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bihnan - 02-22-10 23:10

My answer is: e.

#57
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saityuc5 - 02-24-10 00:52

My answer is: b.

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