tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post5465143517454690753..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 233ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-23670020496719747502012-11-23T18:40:25.877-06:002012-11-23T18:40:25.877-06:00Acanthamoeba spp. Improper hygiene often leads to ...Acanthamoeba spp. Improper hygiene often leads to growth of this environmental organism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-34663713398398134902012-11-23T02:43:27.760-06:002012-11-23T02:43:27.760-06:00Aló parasitologist,
In the images kindly you give...Aló parasitologist,<br /> In the images kindly you give us we can see cysts of Acanthamoeba spp "with a wrinkled or stellate outer cyst wall and smooth to slightly irregular inner cyst wall".<br />The cysts of Acanthamoeba spp. are typically 10-25 µm in diameter.Charo Sabariegoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893011430508348568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-13560909617240633882012-11-21T19:04:03.173-06:002012-11-21T19:04:03.173-06:00Acanthameoba cysts- right size range, can see exoc...Acanthameoba cysts- right size range, can see exocyst and endocyst walls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-87708530725153417302012-11-20T20:33:17.990-06:002012-11-20T20:33:17.990-06:00Dear Florida Fan,
It's just a wet prep of the ...Dear Florida Fan,<br />It's just a wet prep of the corneal scrapings, which had been collected into a small amount of sterile saline. In addition to a microscopic examination, we also try to culture the specimen on tapwater agar overlain with E. coli.ParasiteGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-29151414461027003372012-11-20T20:26:31.989-06:002012-11-20T20:26:31.989-06:00Very nice case of Acanthamoeba sp. Just wonder wh...Very nice case of Acanthamoeba sp. Just wonder what kind of prep the photograph is from? The microscopic morphology is very typical.<br /><br />Florida fanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-68244632482088481162012-11-20T14:14:58.341-06:002012-11-20T14:14:58.341-06:00Busted!!! Acanthameoba cyst...common among eye con...Busted!!! Acanthameoba cyst...common among eye contact lens users.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-22010412967191571302012-11-20T13:22:18.811-06:002012-11-20T13:22:18.811-06:00Looks like Acanthamoeba cysts based on the wavy ou...Looks like Acanthamoeba cysts based on the wavy outer wall (ectocyst).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-60725042242558988362012-11-20T13:21:39.786-06:002012-11-20T13:21:39.786-06:00I concur Ananthamoeba...LeeI concur Ananthamoeba...LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-76938640089497145252012-11-20T13:12:32.068-06:002012-11-20T13:12:32.068-06:00Acanthamoeba spp. cystsAcanthamoeba spp. cystsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com