Last
night I had an interesting case; young (ish) lad with sore
throat and raised glands. Raised monocytes on the blood count
prompted me to make a blood film. Characteristic cells seen under the
microscope meant I performed a glandular fever test. Positive.
I
felt rather smug with myself as I phoned the Emergency Care Centre
with the news. the staff there were also pleased with my findings.
This
morning on the Medical Laboratory Science Facebook group I saw that
someone else on their night shift had had another case which was
instantly identifiable.
Not
that I have any choice in the matter, but I'd rather find glandular
fever any day (or night)
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