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Date
January 16, 2011
11:36 am

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Cases, Microbiology

Case of the Week 61

The following pieces of tissue (labeled “skin”) were received in the laboratory from an 80 year old man. No further history was available. On closer examination, they appeared to be friable ‘scabs’:

Examination with a dissecting scope (40x original magnification) revealed the following. Some of them were moving!

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Rajul

Date
February 9, 2011 @ 12pm

Maggots ( larva of fly Diptera)

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