This week's case features photos and videos from my fabulous Technical Specialists, Heather Arguello and Emily Fernholz. The following were seen in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. See a video of this parasite here. What's the identification?
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Answer to Case 561:
Strongyloides stercoralis L3 (filariform) larvae
