Incidental finding observed on a blood smear

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Feb;24(2):145. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.023. Epub 2017 Jul 29.

Authors

R Recio¹, J M Herrero-Martínez², M Lizasoain³, E Oliveira², A Pérez-Ayala⁴

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
³ Division of Infectious Disease, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 28760711
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.023

No abstract available

Keywords: Blood smear; Eosinophilia; Imported loiasis; Loa loa.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Emigrants and Immigrants
Eosinophilia / blood*
Eosinophilia / diagnosis
Female
Guinea / ethnology
Humans
Incidental Findings*
Loa / isolation & purification*
Loa / ultrastructure
Loiasis / blood*
Loiasis / diagnosis
Microfilariae / isolation & purification
Microfilariae / ultrastructure
Paraproteinemias / parasitology
Spain