A 35-year-old man returns to London from a business trip to Mexico. He develops bloody diarrhoea with mucus, abdominal pain, and tenesmus over 2 weeks...

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A 35-year-old man returns to London from a business trip to Mexico. He develops bloody diarrhoea with mucus, abdominal pain, and tenesmus over 2 weeks. Stool microscopy shows trophozoites with ingested red blood cells. What is the most likely causative organism?

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Entamoeba dispar

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Balantidium coli

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Giardia lamblia

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Cryptosporidium parvum

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Amoebic Dysentery

A 35-year-old man returns to London from a business trip to Mexico. He develops bloody diarrhoea with mucus, abdominal pain, and tenesmus over 2 weeks. Stool microscopy shows trophozoites with ingested red blood cells. What is the most likely causative organism?