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Patient Demography: Female aged 17 years, outpatient at a physician’s clinic
Symptoms: Fever with chills
Diagnosis: Malaria
Microscopy: Ring forms of Plasmodium Malaria seen
Other Tests: Malaria (Rapid CardTest): Plasmodium Vivax Positive.
How Yumizen Can Assist: This case shows the utility of Malaria Flag on Yumizen H550 hematology analyzers at a private pathology laboratory for a patient with fever under investigation, during the rainy season when there are many mixed infections like Malaria or Dengue causing fever as a common symptom.
This clinical case has been provided by Pathology Laboratory Mumbai, India.
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