Cystoisospora belli OPSE

Question 1

Stool Examination Indirect evidence

Answer 1

• High fecal fat content.
• fatty acid crystals in stool.
• Charcot-Leyden crystals in stool.

Question 2

Wet mount

Answer 2

A thin walled, ellipsoidal shaped oocyst that contained a single sporoblast of Cystoisospora belli

Question 3

modified Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain

Answer 3

-Oocysts of Cystoisospora belli
-Mature oocysts of C.belli normally contain two sporoblasts of Cystoisospora belli
- STAINED RED

Question 4

CASE

Answer 4

immunocompetent, had complaints of abdominal cramping and diarrhea that had been ongoing for more than two weeks. A stool specimen was collected for ova-and-parasite (O & P) examination which included a formalin-ethyl acetate concentration (FEA) and subsequent staining for identification.

Question 5

REFER SLIDE

Answer 5

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