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In Vitro Assay of Plasmodium-Infected Red Blood Cell Killing by Cytotoxic Lymphocytes
Published on: August 17, 2022
Classification of Plasmodium vivax as artefactual cells by the CellaVision DM9600: a system limitation in a
Ling-Chen Chien1, Fang-Tzy Wu2, Shih-Fen Hsu2
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, China Medical University, Taiwan.
Abstract:
A 46-year-old Taiwanese man returning from Indonesia presented with fever and thrombocytopenia. An automated cellular morphology analyzer flagged artefactual cells without a definitive diagnosis. Peripheral blood smear and PCR confirmed Plasmodium vivax. He was treated with artemether-lumefantrine and primaquine, with rapid recovery and no relapse.

