Parasitology

Diphyllobothrium latum Eggs in Kato Thick Smear

Characteristic Diphyllobothrium latum eggs in a Kato thick stool smear. Laboratory diagnosis of diphyllobothriasis by microscopy.

Kato stool smear, Diphyllobothrium latum eggs, x40
Kato stool smear, Diphyllobothrium latum eggs, x40

Diphyllobothrium latum. Kato stool smear, x40 👉 Photo kindly provided by Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Biologist Maxim Anatolyevich Egorkin. Khanty-Mansiysk. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra “District Clinical Hospital”.