A Specimen from a Patient Suffering Diarrhea Shows a One-Celled

question 42

Multiple Choice

A specimen from a patient suffering diarrhea shows a one-celled organism in the microscope. The organism moves very slowly by protruding its cytoplasm. You would predict that the patient has an infection caused by ______.

• A) Entamoeba
• B) Trichomonas
• C) Toxoplasma
• D) Plasmodium
• E) Giardia

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