Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was donated from Dr. Kamran Kadkhoda. This worm was submitted to the laboratory in saline. It had been seen on the surf...

Answer: Enterobius vermicularis (or E. gregorii ); a.k.a. pinworm. Several of you noted the classic features of the female pinworm shown i...

This is a special post to wish a very happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers. Can you all see the turkey head in the following blo...

Answer: Plasmodium malariae Note the small size of the infected red blood cell and 'basket' form of the late-stage trophozoite sho...

The below was seen on a stool agar culture after incubation at room temperature for several days. The patient is a 62-year-old woman from th...

Answer: Strongyloides stercoralis. Note the characteristic morphology and the impressive larval load in the stool agar culture! It's bee...

The week I am re-posting a previous case that was kindly donated by Dr. Julie Ribes. I've chosen to repost the case because it is quite ...

Answer: not a parasite; most consistent with banana material. The twist to this case is that they are NOT actually banana seeds as is common...

This week's post is the second in my new collaboration with the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp and Idzi Potters. The following ...

Answer: Schistosoma sp. miracidium. Given the location in urine, the likely species is S. haematobium. This case from Idzi Potters and the...