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Date
November 3, 2009
11:35 am

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Category
Cases, Microbiology

Case of the Week 28

The following object was seen in the stool of a Mexican immigrant and brought to the lab for identification.

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The fluid expressed from the object contained the following:

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Kenneth Youens

Date
November 3, 2009 @ 6pm

I think this is a tapeworm.

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