Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Nazia Nagi in New Delhi, India. She saw these 'cute' little objects (around 15 mi...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 724 : Giardia duodenalis trophozoites and cysts. Florida Fan eloquently described the characteristi...

This week's case was donated by Dr. Nancy Wengenack and the Mycology lab at Mayo Clinic. These objects were found in a fungal culture fo...

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 ...