This week we are featuring our monthly case from Idzi Potters and the
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.
The patient is a 15 year old boy returning from swimming camp, who presents with several-day history of profuse watery diarrhea. A stool specimen was submitted for parasite examination, and multiple small (3-6 µm), round structures were identified. The following photos are taken after:
1. Negative fuchsine staining according to Heine (brightfield microscopy)
2. Negative fuchsine staining according to Heine (phase-contrast microscopy)
3. Ziehl-Neelsen staining (“cold” modified technique)
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