Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

 For our last case of May, we have a fun submission from Dr. Megan Shaughnessy. She noted the following in some fresh monkfish she purchased...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 684 : Anisakid L3 larvae The following is our third and final discussion from our amazing guest auth...

 This week's case is from a 4 year old boy with sudden onset of 'explosive' watery diarrhea, accompanied by low grade fever, nau...

Answer to Case 683 : Cryptosporidium sp. oocysts The following OUTSTANDING discussion is from our guest author, Hadel Go, a third year medic...

This week we have a special guest author, Hadel Go, a medical student (Class of 2024) who is greatly interested in parasitology. I'm ver...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 682 : Schistosoma mansoni egg. The following post is from our first ever guest author, Hadel Go. I ...

This week's case was generously donated by Tracie Rose from Seattle. The following objects were seen in a Papanicolaou-stained preparati...

 Answer: Echinococcus sp. invaginated protoscolices Given the clinical history of a cystic lesion in a patient from Afghanistan, the causati...

 This week's case is from Drs. Harsha Sheorey and Lauren McShane from Australia. The following were seen in bronchial washings from an i...

 Answer: Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection This impressive case shows numerous L3 (or possibly L4) S. stercoralis larvae from bronchi...