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Case Reports
. 2013 Oct;89(4):609.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0126.

Capillaria hepatica pseudoinfection

Miguel M Cabada, Martha Lopez, A Clinton White
Case Reports

Capillaria hepatica pseudoinfection

Miguel M Cabada et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Oct.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Spontaneous rapid sedimentation test. Egg with a thick striated wall (open arrows) and flat bipolar plugs (arrow) compatible with C. hepatica (Magnification: 400×; scale bar: 50 μm).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Kato Katz test showing the same type of eggs (Magnification: 400×; scale bar: 50 μm).
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