Dientamoeba fragilis

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A small amoeba that is parasitic in the large intestine and is capable of causing low-grade inflammation coupled with mucous diarrhea and gastrointestinal disturbance.

Dientamoeba

a genus of amebas commonly found in the colon and appendix of primates and of humans.

Dientamoeba fragilis

occurs in the cecum of humans and monkeys. A species that has been associated with diarrhea but its pathogenicity is unclear.

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Dientamoeba travelers' diarrhea			intestinalis is rarely seen in urine sediment and is generally not clinically significant because, of the six genera of flagellates that parasitize the human intestinal or urogenital tracts, only Giardia lamblia, Dientamoeba fragilis and Trichomonas vaginalis are considered pathogens. Answering your questions: water during glucose test, Retortamonas ... by Baer, Daniel M. / Medical Laboratory Observer The possibly nonpathogenic parasite Dientamoeba fragilis and the nonpathogenic parasite Blastocystis hominis were common and were found more frequently in controls than in patients. Gastroenteritis in Sentinel General Practices, the Netherlands by van Duynhoven, Yvonne T.H.P. / Emerging Infectious Diseases			Didrex Didronel didym- didymalgia didymitis Didymotheca cupressiformis didymous didymus die die 1 die 2 dieb. alt. diecious Dieffenbach forceps Dieffenbachia diehard dieldrin dielectric diembryony diencephalic diencephalic syndrome diencephalon Diener dienestrol Dientamoeba Dientamoeba fragilis DIEP flap procedure dieresis dieretic diesel oil diesoline diestral shift diestrus diet Diet Cop Diet Pill Diet Soda diet staging diet therapy diet, ADA diet, ama-reducing diet, anthroposophic diet, Atkins diet, blood type–based diet, Bristol diet, Bristol Cancer Help Center diet, Budwig's oil-protein diet, caveman diet, diversified rotation diet, elimination diet, Gerson			Dienst Nationale Recherche Informatie Dienst Omroepbijdragen Dienst Openluchtleven Dienst Personele Zaken Dienst Speciale Interventies Dienst Specialistische Recherche Toepassingen Dienst Technische Ondersteuning Dienst voor Opruiming en Vernietiging van Ontploffingstuigen Dienst voor Wetenschappelijke en Technische Informatie Dienstabschlussbier Dienstdoend Dienstelle für Personen mit Behinderung Diensten van Algemeen Economisch Belang Dienstführender Unteroffizier Dienstgruppenleiter Dienstleistungs Zentrum Bildung Dienstleistungs- Service Diekelmann Dienstleistungsagentur Chemie GmbH Dienstleistungsmodellierung Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum Dienststelle Soziales und Gesellschaft Dienstzeitausgleich Dienstzeitende Dientamoeba Dientamoeba fragilis Dientzenhofer Dientzenhofer family DIEO Diep DIEP flap procedure DIEPB Diepenbeeck, Abraham van Diepenbrock, Alfons Dieppe Dieppe Dieppe (disambiguation) Dieppe (disambiguation) Dieppe Scène Nationale DIEPS DIEPSS DIEQP Dier Dierdre Dierdre Dieren Dieren Dierenartsen Zonder Grenzen Dierengezondheidszorg Vlaanderen diereses diereses dieresis dieresis dieresis dieretic DIERF

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