Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 723 : mite, not scabies. Given that this mite was found in a fungal culture from skin scrapings, it ...

 This week's (rather disturbing) case was generously donated by Dr. Niels Olson. This is a parasite found in salmon throughout the world...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 722 : anisakid larvae, one of the members of the Anisakis simplex, Pseudoterranova decipiens, or  Co...

 Happy American Independence day (July 4th) and a belated Canada day (July 1st)! As an American, this weeks case very appropriately has a lo...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 721 : Cryptosporidium sp. oocysts. These oocysts are a parasite, even though they stain with the no...

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...