This Hereditary condition has increased osmotic fragility
What is Hereditary spherocytosis
100
Is LDH increased or decreased in hemolytic anemias
What is increased
100
Methemoglobin shifts the oxygen dissociate curve to the ________________
left
100
This test is used to detect antibodies attached to the red blood cells?
What is DAT or Coomb's Test
200
Young RBC equivalent to a reticulocyte
What is a polychromatic RBC
200
Increased RDW indicates
What is anisocytosis
200
What is the genus name of the parasite that causes malaria?
Plasmodium
200
What is the genus and species of the anaerobic gram positive spore-forming rod that can cause RBC lysis.
What is Clostridium perfringens
200
This bacteria is transmitted by the sand fly. It can casue Oroya Fever and verruca peruviana
What is Bartonella
300
RBC that is oval or pencil-shaped
What is an Elliptocyte
300
This cold antibody causes Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH)
What is Donath-Landsteiner Antibody or anti-P
300
Cold Reactive Acquired Immunohemolytic anemia can be a secondary condition associated with infection of this bacteria
What is Mycoplasma pneumoniae
300
The cytotoxin produced by this bacteria is associated with Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) especially in children
What is Ecoli 015:H7
300
This protozoa within the RBCs typically has 4 ring forms. The vector is a deer tick
What is Babesia
400
RBC inclusion that is round and purple (one per cell) and are DNA remnants. Usually pitted by spleen
What is Howell-Jolly bodies
400
What will happen when RBCs are put in hypotonic solution
They will burst
400
Is haptoglobin numbers increased or decreased in hemolytic anemias
What is decreased
400
This anemia is indicative of increased susceptibility of RBCs to oxidant stress which causes hemoglobin denaturation
What is G6PD Deficiency
400
Patients with this anemia are lacking a key regulatory enzyme used in the metabolic pathway that generates almost all energy from glucose in RBCs. Seen in Amish population
What is PK deficiency
500
RBC inclusion that are blue when stained with Methylene blue. Cannot be seen in Wright's stain blood smears. Are denatured hemoglobin
What is Heinz bodies
500
Structural defect of Hereditary Spherocytosis includes these cell wall proteins
What are beta spectrin and ankyrin
500
Patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria are deficiency in the gene known as ________ which is required for the biosynthesis of cellular anchors
What is PIG-A
500
This anemia has complement sensitive RBCs
What is Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
500
In malaria, what is the name of the structure that contains thousands of tiny rounded merozoites?