Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

 This week's case is from Idzi Potters, Michiel R., and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp .  An adult male with quite an exten...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 703 :  Male Ascaris lumbricoides As noted by Florida Fan, Dwight Ferris, and several others on Twitt...

This week's fun find came from our Clinical Mycology lab, where the astute technologists noticed this object on a microscopic evaluation...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 702 : Demodex species; most likely D. brevis due to the short length of the posterior body (opisthos...

 This week's case goes with some of my recent posts. The following arthropod was submitted from a patient with an itchy rash of his abdo...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 701 : Female Pthirus pubis, a.k.a, the 'crab' or 'pubic' louse. She is gravid - with...

 Dear Readers, I can't believe that I am celebrating my 700th post! In honor of this day, I am featuring the image that started it all -...

 Answer: Shown here is the head and front legs of Pediculus humanus, the human body/head louse. It's very hard to tell the gender from j...

Greetings from South Korea! This week's case shows an important parasite in this country, shown to be found in up to 8.4% of residents l...

Answer: Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis eggs. The location (South Korea) is consistent with C. sinensis . As noted by Sam, "Both eggs ...