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Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s case was donated by Dan Rhoads at the Cleveland Clinic. The following video and images were taken from a corneal culture. What are the objects seen here?

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Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s object was identified in a concentrate stool specimen. The photograph was taken at 400x, and the object measures just over 150 micrometers in length. No further history is available. What is the identification?

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s specimen is concentrated stool from a young child. What is the identification of the two worms shown?

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s case is celebrating the holiday season. Can you guess who the happy couple is below the mistletoe?

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s case is a teenage female patient with vague abdominal complaints. No anal pruritus was noted. What is it?

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s specimens are Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears from a young female patient who was recently treated for malaria. What is the material inside of the white blood cells?

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s specimen was observed in an aspirate of liver cyst fluid (carmine stain). Read this post to view the specimen.

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s specimen is from a middle-aged male patient in India. Read this post to view the specimen.

Every week, Mayo Clinic microbiologist Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new Parasite Wonders case. This week’s specimen is from a middle-aged man from Florida. Read this post to view the specimen.