Having just returned from a vacation in South America,you find that you now have a severe diarrheal illness.Your symptoms,other than diarrhea,are pain,cramps,some fecal blood,and fever.These are symptoms of many of the gastrointestinal diseases,so that information does not help you or the doctors identify the infectious agent.Your doctor wants to send a sample of your feces down to the microbiology lab for them to look at it under the light microscope.Based upon this protocol selection,the physician believes that have:

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The symptoms listed (diarrhea, pain, cramps, fecal blood, and fever) are indicative of amoebiasis, which is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Diagnosis usually requires stool microscopy to detect the presence of the parasite.

Having Just Returned from a Vacation in South America,you Find