Stained fecal films are the single most productive means of stool examination for the detection of intestinal protozoan parasites and eggs of helminths. Because the refractive index of protozoan...
Tag: Protozoan infections
Naegleria fowleri: Characteristics, Life Cycle and Lab Diagnosis
Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba,” is a small, free-living water and soil amebae capable of causing opportunistic infections in humans. It causes a rare but...
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite of many vertebrates including humans and causes the disease Toxoplasmosis. Its name was derived from the crescent shape of the tachyzoite stage of the...
Giardia lamblia also known as Giardia intestinalis, or Giardia duodenalis is a protozoan flagellate. It is transmitted by the fecal-oral route and causes the diarrheal illness called...
Entamoeba histolytica is an enteric protozoan parasite with worldwide distribution. It is responsible for amoebic dysentery (bloody diarrhea) and invasive extraintestinal amebiasis (such as liver...
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite. It causes trichomoniasis; a sexually transmitted infection. The primary habitat of this organism is the vagina and prostate. In infected females, it...