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Case Study Horse Red Blood Smear

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An 18-year-old male college student comes to the student care center complaining of severe fatigue for the past 1–2 weeks and a sore throat for several days. On exam he has significant lymphadenopathy and a temperature of 38.1ºC (100.5º F). The patient’s serum agglutinates horse red blood cells. His peripheral blood smear is likely to show which of the following?
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Choice "A" is the best answer. The patient in this vignette is suffering from infectious mononucleosis. The primary symptoms are those of a systemic viral illness, and include malaise, severe sore throat and a low-grade fever. The Monospot test, a heterophile antibody test, in the setting of appropriate clinical symptoms, is diagnostic for infectious

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