Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case is very timely, as we are seeing a lot of these objects in some of our stool specimens submitted for routine ova and pa...

Answer: Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts, unsporulated I figured this was a very timely posting, as we are currently experiencing an outbre...

This week's case was donated by Dr. Bobby Boyanton. The images show cross-sections of an appendix from a young girl with chronic abdomin...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 596 : Plant material; likely plant epidermis from leafy material. There appears to be a cuticle present,...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Marc Couturier and Blaine Mathison. The patient is a young adult male from the South Cent...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 595 : Plasmodium vivax with exflagellated microgametocytes. Free microgametes are seen. The following ...

This week's case was donated by Florida Fan - a lovely classic protozoan parasite seen in a concentrated wet prep of stool, and trichrom...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 594 : Entamoeba coli cysts and trophozoite. This case shows all of the classic features of Entamoeba...

This week's case is from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp . Warning - it's a tough one! The patient is a ...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 593 : Strongyloides fuelleborni This fascinating zoonotic parasite is endemic to parts of sub-Saharan ...