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The following was seen in an formalin-fixed iodine-stained wet mount fecal preparation. It is approximately 15um in diameter. Other examples of the organism in this sample all measure 12-15 um and have 4 nuclei or less. Click on the image to enlarge.
Name 3 possible diagnoses.
Image was taken at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Used with Permission.
2 comments:
Tentatively Entamoeba histolytica. Would be nice to confirm with stain, though...:)
I should've read the instructions more closely. I'm sorry! :( I would also include Entamoeba coli and Entamoeba hartmanni in my consideration, although E. hartmanni should be 10 um or less, and E. coli is usually larger than the 12-15 um seen here. A permanent stain would help to show more differentiating characteristics, though, like size and location of karysomes and chromatin thickness and texture.
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