Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

 The following objects were seen in a urine specimen from a young man originally from sub-Saharan Africa. What are we seeing here? The beaut...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 696 :  Schistosoma haematobium egg and larva (miracidium). As noted by Florida Fan, the morphology ...

This week's case is a very sad situation in which a highly immunocompromised patient died from her parasitic infection (in addition to m...

The following excellent answer to this week's case is by our guest author, Jacob Rattin (@eternalstudying), medical student and future p...

Hello Readers! I'm back after some busy weeks and an overseas holiday, and am pleased to announce that I have a guest author for this an...

The following excellent answer to this week's case is by our guest author, Jacob Rattin (@eternalstudying), medical student and future p...

 This week's case was kindly donated by Dr. Mike Mitchell and his laboratory. The patient is a middle-aged man with fever, intermittent ...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 693 : Strongyloides stercoralis larvae As many of you mentioned, the large number of larvae is very conc...

 This week's case is a bit different in that it wasn't actually alive. Instead, it is a stunning glass artwork of an object that is ...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 692 : Female copepod with a Dracunculus medinensis larva inside. This stunning glass art was made by...