Microscopic differential diagnosis of nematode eggs in native stool samples: Ascaris, Trichuris, hookworms, and Trichostrongylus species.
Nematode (roundworm) eggs in unstained wet mounts from stool concentrates (unstained, 400 µL). (A) Trichuris trichiura with characteristic bipolar plugs. (B) Ascaris lumbricoides, fertile. (C) A. lumbricoides, infertile. (D) A. lumbricoides, decorticate. (E) Hookworms. (F) Trichostrongylus spp.
👉Source: Parasitology section from Nader Rifai - Tietz Textbook of Laboratory Medicine, 7th Edition, 2023
Morphology of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura eggs in native stool samples. Features of detecting mixed geohelminthic invasions in the laboratory.
Morphology of Capillaria sp. nematode eggs during stool microscopy. Routes of intestinal capillariasis infection and differential diagnosis with whipworm eggs.
Laboratory diagnosis of ascaridosis: morphology of adult Ascaris lumbricoides, fertilized, unfertilized, and decorticated eggs in stool.
