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Bobbi Pritt, MD

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Bobbi Pritt, MD

@ParasiteGal

Professor of #Pathology @mayocliniclabs @mayoclinic, specializing in ID Path, #parasites! and vectorborne diseases. Xs are my own, not medical advice

Minnesota, USA

parasitewonders.blogspot.com

Joined March 2009

Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Dec 12, 2022
The #Parasite Case of the Week 704 is now up, courtesy of Dr. Harsha Sheorey: found on skin scrapings. parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2022/12/case-o… Diagnosis? Answer later this week! #mayopath #pathology #path2path #MayoClinMicro #CrittersOnTwitter #PathBugs
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Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Apr 5, 2021
I’m teaching the medical students today so I am wearing my armadillo earrings. 😁 Anyone know what infectious disease they are associated with?
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Jan 28, 2023
We’re on a roll with parasites in muscle biopsies! What is this one, and how does it differ from my last 2 cases? parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2023/01/case-o… Answer later this week. #mayopath #pathology #IDPath
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Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Nov 13, 2021
I’m so excited - my Trichomonas pop socket arrived today! I designed it to match my phone case - because who doesn’t need an STI on their phone? 😂
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Feb 15, 2021
The Parasite Case of Week 626 is up – Giemsa-stained vaginal secretions. More photos here!: parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2021/02/case-o… #asmclinmicro #MayoClinMicro #mayopath #parasites #pathology @JMGardnerMD @mayocliniclabs @ASTMH @Pathologists @AmSocParasit @LSHTM #path2path
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Mar 29, 2022
#Parasite Case 677 up – found on peripheral blood smear in a patient with travel to Botswana: parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2022/03/case-o… identification? #pathology #path2path #MayoClinMicro #CrittersonTwitter #PathBugs
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Jul 16, 2023
#Parasite Case 722 is up: found in fresh salmon. Yikes! Donated by @.nielsolson What is it? Does it pose a risk to humans? parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2023/07/case-o…
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Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Sep 5, 2023
#Parasite Case 725 is up: rash after swimming in a Maine lake😢. Resolved with corticosteroid cream and Benadryl. Most likely diagnosis? Answer later this week! parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2023/09/case-o… #mayopath #pathology #CrittersOnTwitter #PathBugs
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Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Jun 25, 2023
The #Parasite Case 720 is up: stool specimen on wet prep and modified AF stain). HIV+ male from India with diarrhea. Donated by Dr. Nazia Nagi. Objects are 30um long. Identification? #mayopath #pathology #IDPath #CrittersOnTwitter
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Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Feb 8, 2022
The #Parasite Case of the Week 672 is up – Found on a Papanicolaou-stained cervical smear: parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2022/02/case-o… ID? Case by Dr. Anna-Lee Clarke. #MayoClinMicro #path2path #pathology #pathbugs #crittersontwitter! #cytopath
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Nov 29, 2021
#Parasite Case of Week 662 is up: Stool specimen from a 52yo Bolivian farmer with RUQ pain. parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2021/11/case-o… ID? #pathology #path2path #MayoClinMicro #CrittersonTwitter #PathBugs
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Aug 5, 2021
Here's a Tick Tweet to remind everyone to prevent tick bites! COVID isn't the only pathogen out there to worry about. Here are 3 female Ixodes scapularis ticks (vector for Lyme disease) in unengorged, partially engorged, and fully engorged states. Yuck!
Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Jan 15, 2025
Hi everyone! I posted a lecture on YouTube that describes the techniques for the lab diagnosis of malaria with an emphasis on morphology. You can view it here: youtu.be/6MXogbMZFcE
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Bobbi Pritt, MD
@ParasiteGal
Jan 17, 2023
#Parasite Case of the Week 707 is up and it’s another muscle biopsy, this time in a middle aged man from China with recent travel to Pangkor Island. He presented with fever and myalgia. parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2023/01/case-o… Diagnosis? Answer later this week. #mayopath #pathology #IDPath
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