Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 422

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Case of the Week 422

Here is another lovely photograph from Florida Fan - a straight forward ID for those of you studying for boards or your Trop Med exam.

This object was observed in a stool specimen from a middle-aged man from India. It measures approximately 30 microns in diameter.

Identification?

9 comments:

Unknown said...: Tapeworm(Taenia solium or saginata).; November 13, 2016 at 7:56 PM
Unknown said...: Taenia egg; November 14, 2016 at 12:56 AM
William Sears said...: taenia species; November 14, 2016 at 7:13 AM
Anonymous said...: Taenia, but we already took the CTropMed test! Thanks for all your other posts :); November 15, 2016 at 10:34 PM
Unknown said...: Taenia species; November 16, 2016 at 10:15 AM
Eduardo Alfonso Hernández Muñoz said...: Taenia sp.; November 16, 2016 at 4:15 PM
Deepak sharma said...: Taenia spp.(bcoz thick radially striated brown embryophore is present.); November 18, 2016 at 2:22 PM
Unknown said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; November 23, 2016 at 9:37 AM
Unknown said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; November 23, 2016 at 9:37 AM

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