Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Answer: Echinococcus sp. protoscoleces, free hooklets and laminated layer. The thick laminated layer is consistent with E. granulosus althou...

This week's case was donated by Dr. Peter Gilligan. The patient is a toddler who presented with high fever and tachycardia. The patient ...

Answer: Plasmodium vivax infection This case has several features that are consistent with P. vivax/P. ovale infection; specifically, the ...

This week's fun case was donated by Florida Fan. The following motile object was submitted along with an adult Ascaris lumbricoides. Spe...

Answer: Neobalantidium (formerly Balantidium ) coli trophozoite The identification can be made by recognizing the characteristic morpholog...

This week's case is a stool specimen from an elderly man from Kentucky. He reports no travel history outside of the United States. The p...

Answer: Strongyloides stercoralis infection. Seen here are numerous rhabditiform S. stercoralis larvae, some possible filariform larvae, a...

This week's fun photograph was donated by Dr. Graham Hickling. The accompanying questions are: 1. What is the (top) arthropod shown...

Answer: Questing  Ixodes sp. nymph climbing on another arthropod (a weevil) This tick is exhibiting a behavior called "questing"...

This timely case is from Florida Fan which he entitled "A Beast with Many Faces" due to this parasite's varying appearance wit...