Monday, March 14, 2011

Case of the Week 153

The following were found on Stool ova and parasite exam. No history is available. The objects vary in size from 5 to 10 micrometers in diameter.





Identification?

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Endolimax Nana cyst.

MMLNE

Kathy said...

Blasotcystis hominis

Anonymous said...

blastocystis hominis
-cp

Anonymous said...

Blastocystis. There are different morphological forms of the organism and subtypes. Host specificity is poor. Many experts have dropped the "hominis".

Scott C. said...

Blastocystis hominis...second picture is the ringer.

Lukus Roberts said...

Definately the stramenopile, Blastocystis hominis

Anonymous said...

Blastocystis homina, homina, hominis!

hippo@taiwan said...

blastocystis hominis