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Blastocystis hominis
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Blastocystis hominis
a cause of diarrhea in the great apes.


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of patients Final diagnosis Serologic diagnosis Direct diagnosis Filaria Infection 45 18 Schistosoma Infection 17 20 Hookworm Infection 36 Trichuris Infection 18 Ascaris Infection 9 Strongyloides Infection 5 Fasciola Infection 2 Enterobius Infection 1 Blastocystis Infection 4 Note: Table made from bar graph.
Stool leukocytes and culture were negative, but Blastocystis homin is was found on three consecutive ova and parasites tests.
A "grab bag" of pathogens was cultured from four patients--including Giardia lamblia, Blastocystis hominis, and Clostridium difficile--confounding the course of the Columbus investigation.
 
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