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Differential Simulator

CytoData (CC0), KU-Optofil (CC BY 4.0), Sidhom APL/AML (CC0), Acevedo (CC BY 4.0), BCN/NeuNN (CC BY 4.0), and Bodzas and Kodytek (CC0).

Special serologic reagents

Tube endpoint by Bobjgalindo and gel-card endpoint by SpicyMilkBoy, both CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped, resized, and arranged by LatticeMLS under the same license.

Benign leukocyte disorders

Images from Barrera Llanga et al. and Yarıkan et al., both CC BY 4.0. Cropped and arranged.

Hereditary leukocyte anomalies

Pelger-Huët by DaFerRod (CC BY-SA 4.0); Chédiak-Higashi by Tanabe et al., Creative Commons Attribution License; Alder-Reilly by Ashwini, Gayathri, and Mannem (CC BY 4.0); May-Hegglin by Paulo Henrique Orlandi Mourao (CC BY-SA 3.0). Cropped, resized, and arranged by LatticeMLS under CC BY-SA 4.0; cell morphology was not retouched.

Lymphoid neoplasia

Panels A, D, and E from Bodzas and Kodytek (CC0); B and C from Sidhom et al. (CC0); F from Yarıkan et al. (CC BY 4.0).

Myeloid neoplasia

Panels A, D, and E from Bodzas and Kodytek (CC0); B and C from Sidhom et al. (CC0); F from Yarıkan et al. (CC BY 4.0).

Quantitative platelet disorders

Platelet clumping by Prof. Erhabor Osaro, satellitism by Animalculist, and giant platelets by Dr Graham Beards, all CC BY-SA 4.0. The first two were cropped; arrows were added to the first.

Serologic endpoint patterns

Latex agglutination by Stefan Walkowski and RPR by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, both CC BY-SA 4.0; hemagglutination by CDC and Ed Kennedy, PHIL 26438, public domain. The RPR and CDC wells were cropped and resized; reaction fields were not retouched.

ANA patterns

Al-Mughales JA; edits by Mikael Häggström, CC BY 4.0. Four fields were cropped, resized, and labeled; fluorescence color and cell structures were not altered.

Basic laboratory equipment

Meniscus and graduated pipette by Deluxecheese (CC BY-SA 4.0); adjustable pipettes by Squidonius (public domain). Crops, labels, sight lines, and warning bands were added.

Preanalytic, analytic, and postanalytic quality

Normal and hemolyzed specimens by Vioximiko, icteric specimens by BQUB15-Mbaste, and lipemic specimen by Abdullah Sarhan, all CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and labeled.

Enteric bacteriology

MacConkey by Medimicro (public domain); XLD by Nathan Reading (CC BY 2.0); Hektoen by Mediocreclementine (CC0); TCBS by Chainwit (CC BY-SA 4.0). All were cropped.

Respiratory bacteriology

Ideal sputum smear and non-ideal sputum smear by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mycobacteriology

Carbol-fuchsin smear by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya and corded MTBC by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, both CC0; auramine images by CDC and Wilbur D. Jones, PHIL 18079 and CDC and Ronald K. Smithwick, PHIL 14766, public domain.

Mycology laboratory methods

CDC PHIL images 22046, 28149, 28451, 26619, and 25896 (public domain); Paracoccidioides by R. Summerbell and J. Scott (CC0). Cropped and resized; organisms were not retouched.

Intestinal parasitology

Public-domain CDC DPDx images from amebiasis, intestinal amebae, trichuriasis, ascariasis, hookworm, taeniasis, and schistosomiasis. Cropped and resized; organisms were not retouched.

Blood and tissue parasitology

CDC DPDx malaria and babesiosis images (public domain); Babesia smear by Mikael Häggström, MD (CC0). Cropped.

Fecal analysis

Public-domain images from CDC DPDx and the CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases: Giardia, Entamoeba, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Trichuris, Ascaris, and hookworm. Cropped and resized.

Synovial and serous fluid analysis

FitzGerald et al., Figure 2, CC BY 4.0. Resized; the row key and column labels were added outside the source figure.

Urine microscopy

Chu-Su et al., Poloni and Rotta, Rosenbloom et al., Pierna et al., and the MODUS dataset, all CC BY 4.0. Panel J was supplied by Alex for LatticeMLS. Other images were cropped or resized.

Fonts

Jost and Inter use the SIL Open Font License: Jost license and Inter license.