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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul;52(7):2289; discussion 2747.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00280-13.

Photo quiz: an unwelcome passenger in a 17-month-old male

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Photo quiz: an unwelcome passenger in a 17-month-old male

Camille L A Hamula et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul.
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FIG 1
Macroscopic and microscopic features of a worm recovered from the stool of a 17-month-old boy. (A) Macroscopic appearance of the worm, measuring approximately 8 cm long. (B) Magnification (×125) of the anterior end of the worm. (C) Digital magnification (image captured at ×125 magnification) of the resected anterior end. (D) Digital magnification (image captured at ×400 magnification) of a 50-μm by 100-μm ovoid ovum, with a thick, textured shell seen in a wet mount iodine preparation of the sample.

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