A laboratory receives a stool sample containing a large, operculated egg measuring 130 × 80 µm. The egg is yellowish-brown and unembryonated. The pati...

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A laboratory receives a stool sample containing a large, operculated egg measuring 130 × 80 µm. The egg is yellowish-brown and unembryonated. The patient has a history of eating watercress in rural Bolivia. Which organism is most likely?

Accepted Answer

Fasciola hepatica

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Paragonimus westermani

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Clonorchis sinensis

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Fasciolopsis buski

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Fascioliasis

A laboratory receives a stool sample containing a large, operculated egg measuring 130 × 80 µm. The egg is yellowish-brown and unembryonated. The patient has a history of eating watercress in rural Bolivia. Which organism is most likely?