practise-3

a patient came with fever and lymphadenopathy.Night blood smear was done and picture A was found in blood.

1. give the rational for taking night blood smear.
2. give 2 morphologies seen in the picture
3. name the organism
4. give 2 diagnostic tests.
5. name 2 drugs for this infection

answer

• the organism present in blood is higher at night
• blurred nuclei,kinky shaped and 2 nuclei at the post end.
• Brugia malayi
• Brugia rapid test and Knott's concentration method
• albendazole,diethyl carbamazine(DEC)

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