Stool: Cyclospora cayetanensis and Cryptosporidium species – Shipped September 24, 2018
Educational Highlights
- When viewing coccidia microscopically, calibration of the microscope’s ocular micrometer is important to measure the oocysts in order to differentiate C. cayetanensis from Cryptosporidium species.
- Although C. cayetanensis is an acid-fast organism, the oocysts stain variably with acid-fast stains (no staining, to mixed or variable staining, to complete staining
