Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Ribes at the University of Kentucky. It's a neat case with an unusual finding. Phot...

Answer:   Strongyloides stercoralis - adult female and larvae This was an unusual case because adult worms were present in the stool speci...

The following case was generously donated by Lee.  The patient is a 26 year old male with advanced testicular cancer who developed abdominal...

Answer:   Strongyloides stercoralis The blood agar and MacConkey plates clearly show bacterial growth tracks that correlate with the migra...

Below are images from an H&E-stained corneal biopsy. The patient had experienced increasing loss of vision and corneal clouding over sev...

Answer:  Amebic keratitis, Acanthamoeba species This case is diagnosed by finding the characteristic cysts and trophozoites of Acanthamoeb...

This week's case was kindly donated by Dr. Gary Procop at Cleveland Clinic. The patient is an otherwise healthy woman in her mid-50...

Answer:   Plasmodium malariae As noted by Florida Fan and Arthur, this case can be identified by the characteristic parasite features incl...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Robin Chamberland from Saint Louis University. The specimen is "eyelash scrapings...

Answer:   Demodex sp. mites As some of the readers pointed out, the mites are a little beat-up looking (possibly damaged during the scrapi...