Case of the Week 588

This week ' s case was donated by the very astute microbiology laboratory at the MetroHealth System who detected an important - but unexpected - finding. The patient is an elderly man on inhaled bronchodilators and steroids for persistent eosinophilic asthma who presented with fever, dry cough and shortness of breath. Reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) for the SARS-coronavirus-2 (cause of COVID-19) was negative, as was RT-PCR for influenza A and B viruses. However, blood cultures grew a number of bacteria including Gram negative bacilli, and the following were noted in a stool ova and parasite exam:An additional finding was seen on the sheep blood agar plate of the sputum culture:Review of the sputum showed the following:What parasite is present here?
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs