Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case is generously donated by Dr. Nazia Nagi from Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. The patient is a young, HIV-pos...

 Answer to the Parasitology Case of the Week 720 : Cystoisospora belli  oocysts These oocysts are easy to differentiate from Cyclospora and ...

This week's case is very timely! The following objects were seen on a modified safranin-stained stool specimen. They measure approximate...

 Answer to the Parasite of the Week 719 : Cyclospora sp. oocysts.  While Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts have a similar appearance, they are sm...

Welcome back to our first case of the month, with a special case from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp .  The fo...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 718 : ciliated epithelial cells; NOT Lophomonas . Many of our readers suspected this case to repres...

 This week's classic case was generously provided by Florida Fan. The following was seen in a Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear. No ...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 717 : Brugia malayi This case was a little bit tricky in that the tail didn't show a clear term...

 Happy May, everyone! As the first Monday of the month, it's time for our post from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 716 : Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts On the wet mount preparation with Lugol's iodine, one can...