Monday, July 26, 2021

Case of the Week 647

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 The following objects were seen on Giemsa-stained touch preps of a skin biopsy from a patient with a slowly enlarging ulcer. He had recentl...
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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Answer to Case 647

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 Answer: Leishmania species amastigotes within a host phagocytic cell. Note the characteristic "dot-dash" morphology of the amasti...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Case of the Week 646

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 This week's case was donated to us by Dr. Will Sears. He and his wife found the following worm in a puddle in Zion national park. This ...
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Sunday, July 18, 2021

Answer to Case 646

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 646 : Gordiid/nematomorph, a.k.a. horsehair or Gordian worm (Nematomorpha: Gordiida). Not a human p...
Monday, July 5, 2021

Case of the Week 645

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 This week's case was donated by Seanne Buckwalter, and her golden doodle, Ruby. Ruby acquired this interloper from Seanne's back ya...
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Sunday, July 4, 2021

Answer to Case 645

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 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 645: Amblyomma americanum adult female tick. TheOracle nicely described what we are seeing here and its...
Monday, June 28, 2021

Case of the Week 644

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This week's case is from Blaine Mathison and Marc Couturier at ARUP Laboratories. They partnered with  Techcyte  to validate an exciting...
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Sunday, June 27, 2021

Answer to Case 644

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 644 : Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts on trichrome stain. Additional confirmatory testing (e.g., mo...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Case of the Week 643

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 This week's case is one I've previously shown before, but from many years ago. It's so cool looking that I thought it was worth...
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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Answer to Case 643

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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 643 : Not a parasite; plant material.  As mentioned by Idzi, Bernardino, and Phil G-J, this beautif...