- 1.1 Parasite Classification |
- 1.2 Body Site, Specimens, Procedures, Parasites, Comments |
- 1.3 STAT Testing in Parasitology |
- 1.4 Test Issues and Reports: Computer Report Comments|
- 1.5 Rapid Diagnostic Testing
- 2.1 Stool Testing Order Recommendations |
- 2.2 Fecal specimens for parasites: options for collection and processinga2 |
- 2.3 Preservatives used for Stool Specimens
- 3.1 Body Sites and Specimen Collection | - 3.2 Body sites and the most common parasites recovered | - 3.3 Body Site, Specimens and Recommended Stain | - 3.4 Examination of tissues and body fluids | - 3.5 Parasitic Infections: Clinical Findings Healthy/Compromised Hosts | - 3.6 Microscope Calibration | - 3.7 Serologic, Antigen, and Probe Tests for Parasite Diagnosis
- 4.1 Protozoa: Intestinal Tract, Urogenital System: Key Characteristics | - 4.2 Tissue Protozoa: Characteristics |
- 4.3 Tips on Performance of Fecal Immunoassays for Intestinal Protozoa
5.1 Helminths: Key Characteristics | 5.2 Helminth Parasites Associated with Eosinophilia
6.1 Reference Laboratory for Parasite Blood Testing | 6.2 Parasites Found in Blood: Characteristics
7.1 Malaria (5 Species) (2 P. ovale subspecies) | 7.2 Malaria (5 Species, Images) | 7.3 Rapid Malaria Testing (BinaxNOW Malaria Test) | 7.4 Malaria Parasitemia Method |
7.5 Malaria Parasitemia Interpretation
- USE OF A REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR PARASITE BLOOD DIAGNOSTIC
TESTING (Including the Binax Rapid Test and Report Comments)
- HELMINTH PARASITES ASSOCIATED WITH EOSINOPHILIA |
- Histology: Staining Characteristics - Table 1 |
- Histological Identification of Parasites - Table 2 |
- Microscope Calibration |
- Figures for Histology Identification Table 2 |
Site (s) |
Parasites |
Blood |
|
RBCs |
Plasmodium spp. |
WBCs |
Leishmania donovani complex |
Whole blood or plasma |
Trypanosoma spp. |
Bone marrow |
Leishmania donovani complex |
Central nervous system |
Taenia solium (cysticerci) |
Cutaneous ulcers |
Leishmania spp. |
Eyes |
Acanthamoeba spp. |
Intestinal Tract |
Entamoeba histolytica |
Liver, spleen |
Echinococcus spp. |
Lungs3 |
Entamoeba histolytica
|
Muscles |
Taenia solium (cysticerci) |
Skin |
Leishmania spp. |
Urogenital system |
Trichomonas vaginalis |
1 Trophozoites, cysts, oocysts, spores, adults, larvae, eggs, amastigotes, and trypomastigotes. This table does not contain every parasite that has been recovered from the designated body site.
2 Diphyllobothrium is now listed in several genera, including: Dibothriocephalus, Adenocephalus, Diphyllobothrium with several species – Overall nomenclature appears to be in transition.
3 Occasionally, larvae of some of the filarial worms (microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia spp.) and other nematodes (primarily Strongyloides) can be seen in specimens from the lungs
4 Disseminated in severely immunosuppressed individuals.
5 The genera, Pleistophora and Trachipleistophora have been documented in muscles. All microsporidia are now classified with the fungi.