B4: Parasitology Clinical Samples

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Clinical Samples

Lymph node biopsy

CSF

Trypanosoma

Leishmania

Toxoplasma

Blood

Film

Thin

Requires high parasitemia

Good for morphology

Thick

Less accurate

Bulk detection

Microfilariae

Lymphatic filariasis

Trypanosomes

Chagas' disease

Sleeping sickness

Plasmodium

Malaria

Liver abscess aspirates

Urine/UG

Schistosoma haematobium

Trichmonoas vaginalis

Sputum

Respiratory implications

Intestinal protozoa

Larvae of some worms

Pargonimus

Sigmoidoscopy

E. histolytica

Amebiasis

Duodenal aspirates

Larvae, eggs of some

Trophozoites

Perianal

Pinworm

Fecal (O&P)

Helminths

Proglottids

Strongyloides

Tapeworms

Eggs

Some tapeworms

Hookworms

Whipworms

Schistosomes

Trichuris

Ascaris

Protozoa

Giardia

Entamoeba

Cryptosporidium