Parasitology

Blastocystis hominis Morphology in Stool Microscopy

Learn about the microscopic identification of Blastocystis hominis: morphology of vacuolar forms in native stool preparations and Wright-Giemsa staining.

Native preparation and stool smear: vacuolar forms of Blastocystis hominis, magnification ×1000
Native preparation and stool smear: vacuolar forms of Blastocystis hominis, magnification ×1000

Blastocystis. Let’s remember their morphology! Magnification x1000.

🙏 The image was kindly provided by a physician of clinical laboratory diagnostics, Anna Ivanova, Moscow