A farmer presented with bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Endoscopy revealed multiple ulcers, and the following biopsies were obtained:
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Identification?
Monday, October 19, 2009
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E.histolytica
What a cool Balantidium coli image. There's no structure in all of biology like the ciliate macronucleus. -Sheldon
Balantidium coli. When I first encountered this parasite as a path resident and learned that its motility was "boring", I thought that meant that the motility was uninteresting. A true story. BW
Balantidium coli troph
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