TWiP 272: Don't look and you won't find
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TWiP solves the case about the man with positive Strongyloides serology who is waiting for a kidney transplant. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV (Australian Family Physician) Hero: () on TWiP 272 New Case 40 year old man travels to India, is only there for a week before he develops problems. Bloating, diarrhea. Weathers the storm. Returns to US. Stool sent for testing. Some interesting results. Comes back positive for Hymenolepis nana, Blastocystis...
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TWiP 271: The silent lesion
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TWiP explores female genital schistosomiasis and associated genital infections in Southern Malawi, a neglected tropical disease. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Female in Malawi (Parasitology) Mainstreaming (Parasitology) Female genital (WHO) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 270: They bake my noodle
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TWiP solves the case about the man with abnormal brain MRI, and presents a new case for your solving about a man with some electrolyte issues related to his end-stage renal disease. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV on TWiP 270 New Case A man in his 20s is admitted to the hospital with some electrolyte issues related to his end-stage renal disease. Infectious disease is consulted as he has a report of a recent positive strongyloides serology test that was done as part of his...
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TWiP 269: Peripatetic Martin Grobusch
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TWiP travels to Toronto, CA for the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene conference where they meet up with Martin Grobusch to discuss his career and his work. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Primaquine for blocking (Lancet Inf Dis) , Sierra Leone (New Microb New Inf) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 268: A loyal parasite
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TWiP discusses a 41-year long human infection with Schistosoma mansoni, and CRISPR screens that reveal genes essential for Cryptosporidium survival in the host intestine. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Schistosoma infection (J Travel Med) Genes essential for Cryptosporidium (Nat Comm) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 267: It dropped from her scalp
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TWiP solves the case about the female who traveled to Brazil and upon returning home felt movements under her scalp on the back of her head, and present another case for your solving, a man with abnormal brain MRI. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Life cycle of Dermatobia hominis on TWiP 267 New Case Man in his 40s, married with 2 children, on Eliquis for a prior DVT, diet-controlled diabetes, who is admitted for evaluation of an abnormal brain MRI. He left AMA...
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TWiP 266: Wraps and ivermectin for malaria
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TWiP explains research showing that treatment of baby wraps with an insect repellent, and oral dosing with ivermectin, are both effective measures to prevent malaria. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Treated baby wraps (NEJM) prevents malaria (NEJM) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 265: Things that jump are cleaner than things that squat
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TWiP solves the case about the parasite check in summer camp, and presents a new case about a woman who traveled to Brazil and developed furuncles on the back of her head. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Hero: Francesco Redi Wikipedia: Linda Hall Library, Kansas: Habermehl, G., (1994). Francesco Redi—Life and work, Toxicon 32 (4) . on TWiP 265 New Case From Eyal Leshem, a returning case “provider” 43 years old female who travelled to Brazil on May 2025 for a...
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TWiP 264: Toxoplasma changes your brain
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Vincent and Daniel discuss research showing that Toxoplasma gondii infection of the brain alters extracellular vesicle production and the communication between neurons and astrocytes. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV T. gondii (PLoS Path) Become a of TWiP Send your questions and comments to Music by
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TWiP 263: Tick-tock
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TWiP solves the case of the world travelers with poppy-seed size dots embedded in their skin, then present a new case about parasite check in summer camp. Hosts: , , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): , , , Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Hero: on TWiP 263 New Case It is the first day of summer camp and the children are lined up for a parasite check. Some of the children have certificates that allow them to bypass the screening. Some of the parents are upset about this process commenting that this is not required by the state and...
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