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This week's case is a little tricky. We received the following fly larva from a patient living in the upper midwestern United States. No additional information was provided. Based on the images, how would you sign this case out? Would you request any additional information? 

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Dear Readers, if you are going to ASM MICROBE in Washington, DC this June, come a day early and enroll in an amazing, full-day, Parasitology Workshop with Blaine Mathison, Idzi Potters, Marc Couturier, and Anisha Misra. They will be covering diagnostic approaches to parasitic infections, pitfalls and mimics of infections, and essential topics for daily clinical use. I hope to...


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 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 808: Nematomorph (a.k.a. gordian or horse hair worm), or similar appearing worm. As noted by an anonymous reader, this is "most likely nematomorpha but would need to examine under magnification. I have encou...


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