Monday, July 3, 2017

Case of the week 451

Happy July 4th to my American readers! Here is a nice red, white and blue case for you. The following objects were seen in a stool specimen stained with a modified acid fast stain. They measure approximately 35 micrometers in greatest dimension. Identification?







7 comments:

  1. A tentative ID is all I can say about this orgarnism, which I also think is Isospora belli.

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  2. Isospora belii oocysts

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  3. Isospora (or Cystoisospora) belli, oocryst.

    -HLCM fan.

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  4. Cystisospora belli, with the characteristic variable staining with kinyoun staining (cold ziehl nelsenstain) like cyclospora !

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