CASE STUDY 2 Alette, a 17-year-old Haitian woman, presented to a women's clinic complaining of watery and foamy bowel movements 5 to 10 times a day. She had also experienced abdominal cramps and a low-grade fever. The physician ordered a stool sample for routine O&P as well as for culture and sensitivity tests. The culture and sensitivity tests were reported as negative for enteric pathogens. The laboratory technician performed a routine O&P examination, including a permanent trichrome stain. No parasites were observed. Two days later, a repeat O&P was ordered. The patient was now diagnosed as HIV- positive. The repeat sample was again examined for ova and parasites by routine laboratory procedures. This time, the technologist noted oval forms of the wet preps that were highly refractile and suggestive of fungal cells, but no budding was seen. The trichrome permanent stain did not confirm the laboratory technician's suspicions. Not satisfied that the sample was negative, the laboratory technician performed an alternative permanent stain. The organisms seen on this stain are illustrated in the diagram. These organisms were noted as 5 μm in size with one to six dark granules within their cytoplasm. 1. What organism did the laboratory technician suspect, and why? What morphologic form is seen in this diagram? 2. What was the alternative permanent stain, and how would these parasites appear following this stain procedure? 3. What fungal elements might appear similar to this organism? How would they stain with the alternative stain?

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Alette, a 17-year-old Haitian woman, presented to a women's clinic complaining of watery and foamy bowel movements 5 to 10 times a day. She had also experienced abdominal cramps and a low-grade fever. The physician ordered a stool sample for routine O&P as well as for culture and sensitivity tests.

The culture and sensitivity tests were reported as negative for enteric pathogens. The laboratory technician performed a routine O&P examination, including a permanent trichrome stain. No parasites were observed. Two days later, a repeat O&P was ordered. The patient was now diagnosed as HIV-positive. The repeat sample was again examined for ova and parasites by routine laboratory procedures.

This time, the technologist noted oval forms of the wet preps that were highly refractile and suggestive of fungal cells, but no budding was seen. The trichrome permanent stain did not confirm the laboratory technician's suspicions. Not satisfied that the sample was negative, the laboratory technician performed an alternative permanent stain. The organisms seen on this stain are illustrated in the diagram. These organisms were noted as 5 um in size with one to six dark granules within their cytoplasm.

CASE STUDY 2
Alette, a 17-year-old Haitian woman, presented to a women's clinic complaining of watery and foamy
bowel movements 5 to 10 times a day. She had also experienced abdominal cramps and a low-grade
fever. The physician ordered a stool sample for routine O&P as well as for culture and sensitivity tests.
The culture and sensitivity tests were reported as negative for enteric pathogens. The laboratory
technician performed a routine O&P examination, including a permanent trichrome stain. No parasites
were observed. Two days later, a repeat O&P was ordered. The patient was now diagnosed as HIV-
positive. The repeat sample was again examined for ova and parasites by routine laboratory procedures.
This time, the technologist noted oval forms of the wet preps that were highly refractile and suggestive
of fungal cells, but no budding was seen. The trichrome permanent stain did not confirm the laboratory
technician's suspicions. Not satisfied that the sample was negative, the laboratory technician performed
an alternative permanent stain. The organisms seen on this stain are illustrated in the diagram. These
organisms were noted as 5 μm in size with one to six dark granules within their cytoplasm.
1. What organism did the laboratory technician suspect, and why? What morphologic form is seen
in this diagram?
2. What was the alternative permanent stain, and how would these parasites appear following this
stain procedure?
3. What fungal elements might appear similar to this organism? How would they stain with the
alternative stain?

Definition Definition Organism that lives in the body of another organism and obtains food at the expense of the host. A parasite can directly or indirect harm the host. There are two kinds of parasites: internal and external. An internal parasite lives inside another organism and is known as an endoparasite. An external parasite lives on the body surface of the host and is known as an ectoparasite. Protozoa and helminths are examples of major human parasites.

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