Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Tudo Rares Olariu, the head of the clinical laboratory at the Municipal Clinical Emergenc...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 790 : Rodentolepis (formerly Hymenolepis ) nana egg. This is a classic example of an R. nana egg sho...

This week's case was donated by Dr. Blake Cirks. The following object was passed per rectum by an otherwise asymptomatic individual livi...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 789 :  Taenia sp. proglottid This case nicely shows how 'fluke-like' a single motile proglot...

Happy Autumn, everyone! It's the first Monday of the month and time for our monthly case from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 788: Pentatrichomonas hominis trophozoites Note the classic 'jerky' motility of P. hominis troph...

 This week's case is from Dr. Beth Adams who encountered a patient in the Moskitia region of Honduras who had coughed up the following o...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 787 : Adult Ascaris sp. As Florida Fan and Idzi noted, the curved posterior end suggests that this ...

 This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Richard Bradbury from James Cook University in Australia. The following object was seen ...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 786 : Cystoisospora belli Idzi nicely described this finding as an "Immature oocyst of Cystois...