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A Patient Finds a Small Ribbonlike Object in His Stool ×\times

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A patient finds a small ribbonlike object in his stool and reports this to his physician. The physician orders a fecal ova and parasite analysis that reveals the following egg in the sample at 400 ×\times . The most likely identity of this parasite is  A patient finds a small ribbonlike object in his stool and reports this to his physician. The physician orders a fecal ova and parasite analysis that reveals the following egg in the sample at 400 \times . The most likely identity of this parasite is   A)  Hymenolepis nana. B)  Taenia spp. C)  Diphyllobothrium latum. D)  Paragonimus westermani.


A) Hymenolepis nana.
B) Taenia spp.
C) Diphyllobothrium latum.
D) Paragonimus westermani.

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