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Microscopic image of the bronchoalveolar lavage showing a high amount of neutrophils. May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain (magnification x 400)
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Cytological examination of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) showed a moderate cell density, a high amount of mostly degenerative neutrophils (>90%) and intracellular bacteria (coccobacilli), suggesting suppurative bronchitis (Figure 1).
Eucoleus aerophilus eggs embedded in debris (uterus) of adult helmiths observed on direct light microscopic examination of bronchoalveolar lavage (magnification x 40, bar = 50 microm)
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Additionally, direct microscopic examination of the BALF was performed, and numerous E aerophilus ova were observed (Figures 2 and 3).
Characteristic Eucoleus aerophilus ova. (Left) Barrel-shaped, asymmetric, bipolar plugs egg with the zygote cell occupying the inside space. (Centre) Shell wall surface of an egg showing the network of anastomosing ridges (magnification x100, bar = 50 microm)
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Additionally, direct microscopic examination of the BALF was performed, and numerous E aerophilus ova were observed (Figures 2 and 3).