Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

 Answer: Embedded hard tick, partially engorged with blood.  As noted by Florida Fan, it is unfortunate that this tick was sectioned for his...

 This week's case is from a middle-aged woman with unexplained small bowel perforation. Here is the section with the culprit. You can vi...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 689 :  Anisakid, most consistent with an Anisakis species. Hopefully you all had a change to look a...

For those of you looking for some good (?) bedtime reading, you may be interested in two fun articles that Blaine Mathison and I recently wr...

This week's case features an object (of many) found in the hair of a 6-year-old girl. Identification?

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 688 : Nit (egg) of Pediculus humanus capitis.  As noted by Kosta Mumcuoglu, "it is the egg of ...

 This week's case is generously donated by Dr. Ioana Bujila of the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The patient is a 67 year old woman fr...

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 687 :  Loa loa As noted by Florida Fan, @JuanCGabaldon, Idzi P, Ulrike E. Zelck, Priyanka Gupta, and ot...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Mike Mitchell and Laura Derderian. The following structure was seen in a stool concentrat...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 686 : Cystoisospora belli sporulated oocyst This case shows a single - but classic - sporulated ooc...