TWiP 270: They bake my noodle

TWiP 270: They bake my noodle

From This Week in Parasitism by Vincent Racaniello

November 28, 2025 · 57 min · Episode 270

About this episode

The episode discusses a medical case involving a man with electrolyte issues and a positive strongyloides serology test.

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: Vincent Racaniello , Daniel Griffin , and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server TWiP study – information and survey Letters read 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 pre-transplant evaluation. He reports no international travel, no interesting exposures. Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees Dear TWiP listeners, Have you ever wondered how TWiP shapes your understanding of science? We have! To find out more, Christina and the team are running a survey based study to learn more about how TWiP contributes to your scientific literacy and trust in science. Listen to the segment in this episode (TWiP 267) where…

People in this episode

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, Christina Naula

Topics covered

  • parasitism
  • infectious disease
  • renal disease
  • medical case study
  • electrolyte issues

Keywords

  • brain MRI
  • end-stage renal disease
  • strongyloides
  • electrolyte issues
  • medical case

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Organizations: MicrobeTV, TWiP

Places: United States

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