What's 95% of parasite specimens?
Stool
Trichrome stain
stain commonly used for fecal specimens
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acid fast stain
Used to detect cryptosporidium, isopora, an...
Helminths - answer multicellular parasitic organisms commonly
called worms or flukes
Intestinal Nematodes - answer Roundworm, males have curved tail
Ascaris lumbricoides - answer large roundworm, largest nematode,
larvae in sputum or gastric washing's
"Worm ball" - answer Blockage of A. lumbricoides in intestines
Ascaris pneumonia - answer Due to larvae migration in lungs
Enterobius vermicularis - answer pinworm, most common parasite in
US, infection through injestion of eggs. Symptoms include pruritis
(perianal itching)
Scotch tape test - answer Cellulose tape, used for pinworms
Trichuris trichiura - answer Whipworm, rectal prolapse, football
shaped with mucoid polar plugs.
Strongyloides stercoralis - answer Threadworm
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