Oftentimes, I receive emails from colleagues wanting to know how you subtype Blastocystis , how to grow them in culture, and how to freeze...

ECCMID - the annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (hosted by ESCMID) is currently taking place in ...

Yesterday, I was checking up on a fresh Blastocystis culture. I loaded 20 µ L of the culture "sediment" on to a glass slide, pla...

So, what should we do about Blastocystis ? What do we want to know? I believe the imminent answer to the latter question is easy: ...

How strange the world of clinical microbiology is when you compare the fields of mycology, parasitology, bacteriology and virology ...

Upon request I have now posted the protocol on one of the simplest media used for Blastocystis culture, Jones' Medium, - please go to...

A reader of this blog asked me about the nutritional requirements of Blastocystis and whether I thought the parasite can be eradicated ...

I can tell especially from Facebook discussions that people across the globe wanting to know about their " Blastocystis status...

When I speak to colleagues in and outside Europe and visit research portals and social media, including Facebook groups, I get the impressi...

Blastocystis is a sinlge-celled parasite. The parasite produces cysts (probably the transmissible form) and vegetative stages (including th...