Stool: Diphyllobothrium species, Blastocystis hominis, and Entamoeba hartmanni – Shipped July 4, 2016
Educational Highlights
- Laboratory diagnosis of Diphyllobothrium species infection is based on finding eggs and/or proglottids in feces.
- Since the eggs are operculated, they generally do not float when the flotation concentration method is used; both the surface film and sediment need to be examined if this concentration method is used.
CMPT is a program of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.