Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Nicole Hubbard. Small white motile objects were seen in a infant's stool specimen by ...

Answer: Dipylidium caninum egg packets Thank you to all of my readers who wrote in with the answer - you all recognized the very character...

This week's case is an arthropod which was found on a sandy beach in South America. It is approximately 1 mm in greatest dimension. ...

Answer: Tunga penetrans adult flea This was a tricky case because this flea is rarely seen outside of the human host. When it comes to cli...

This week's case is from an elderly institutionalized patient with diffuse thickened skin on her arms and back. A crust from skin was su...

Answer: Sarcoptes scabei , the scabies or human itch mite. The presence of thick skin crusts is consistent with crusted or 'Norwegian...

This week's case was generously donated by Dan Rhoads at the Cleveland Clinic. The following video and images were taken from a corneal ...

Answer: Acanthamoeba sp. Shown here is a characteristic double-walled cyst and 2 less-easily visualized trophozoites. You can also see the ...

Happy New Years! I have 2 announcements to make with this post. First, we will be "opening" 2017 with a beautiful case from Florid...

Answer: Fasciola hepatica/Fasciolopsis buski egg. As some of you pointed out, the characteristic features of this egg are: 1. It's la...