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Case of the Week 24

The following is a giemsa-stained air-dried smear of CSF from a comatose 14 year boy. He had been in his normal state of health up until the day previous, when he experienced rapidly declining mental status. The forms seen were the only ones present, and measure approximately 20 micrometers in diameter.
Identification?

cow24_1

cow24_2

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