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This Week in Parasitism

Vincent Racaniello

TWiP 245: Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot

OCT 18, 202476 MIN
This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 245: Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot

OCT 18, 202476 MIN

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Founder of Floating Doctors Ben LaBrot joins TWiP to solve the case of the 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection, followed by a discussion of the history and mission of Floating Doctors.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

Guest: Ben LaBrot

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A man in his early 20s comes in reporting pain when he urinates or ejaculates. He reports that he is sexually active. He does confide that he has been in a relationship with a woman but he had a sexual encounter outside this relationship about 2 weeks ago when they were on a break and he did not wear protection. He feels like he needs to urinate more often and describes thin white discharge from the penis. He reports that he has no history of any sexually transmitted infections and had no medical issues prior to this.

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