Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case is a nice straight-forward one because - spoiler alert - we are going to have a really fun challenge from Idzi Potters ...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 620 : Trichuris trichiura, a.k.a. "whipworm". This is a male, as evidenced by its curled tail...

 Dear readers, Wishing you and your family a very happy, safe and healthy holidays. To celebrate the season, I thought I would share a few o...

Answers to Parasite Case of the Week 619 : Trichuris trichiura,  Schistosoma  couple, and  Hymenolepis nana.

 This week's case features some photos from a cool histopathology case I found in my archives. The source is "large single liver cy...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 618 : Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato  species complex There are many cool features in this cool cas...

 Here is our monthly case from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp . The following were seen in a stool specimens i...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 617 : Cystoisospora (formerly  Isospora ) belli The diagnostic features in this case include the size o...

 This week's interesting case was donated by Dr. Neil Anderson, one of our former outstanding Clinical Microbiology fellows. The followi...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 616 : Fly larva, presumed culture contaminant Although these bacterial tracks can also be seen in cases...