Clinical Samples
Lymph node biopsy
CSF
Trypanosoma
Leishmania
Toxoplasma
Blood
Film
Thin
Requires high parasitemia
Good for morphology
Thick
Less accurate
Bulk detection
Microfilariae
Lymphatic filariasis
Trypanosomes
Chagas' disease
Sleeping sickness
Plasmodium
Malaria
Liver abscess aspirates
Urine/UG
Schistosoma haematobium
Trichmonoas vaginalis
Sputum
Respiratory implications
Intestinal protozoa
Larvae of some worms
Pargonimus
Sigmoidoscopy
E. histolytica
Amebiasis
Duodenal aspirates
Larvae, eggs of some
Trophozoites
Perianal
Pinworm
Fecal (O&P)
Helminths
Proglottids
Strongyloides
Tapeworms
Eggs
Some tapeworms
Hookworms
Whipworms
Schistosomes
Trichuris
Ascaris
Protozoa
Giardia
Entamoeba
Cryptosporidium
