Laboratory diagnosis of blastocystosis: microscopy of native stool smear with Lugol's solution, morphological features of Blastocystis hominis vacuolar forms.
Blastocystis hominis (vacuolar form) is an opportunistic protozoan that causes opportunistic infection, blastocystosis, in immunocompromised individuals. Specimen: stool, Lugol’s solution, magnification x400 + zoom.
👉 Material kindly provided by medical laboratory technician Dmitry Emelyanov.
Stool microscopy with Lugol's solution: dividing forms of Blastocystis hominis. Morphological features of protozoa in the preparation at 400x magnification.
Microscopic diagnosis of Blastocystis hominis vacuolar forms in stool samples with Lugol's solution. Pathogenesis and blastocystosis discussed.
Learn about the microscopic identification of Blastocystis hominis: morphology of vacuolar forms in native stool preparations and Wright-Giemsa staining.
