Episodes of repeated thin stools with mucus, subjective feeling of fever and lower abdominal pain, with leukocytes in stool. Which of the following is likely?
Correct Answer: Entamoeba
Description: As leucocytes are present in stools so it is inflammatory type of diarrhea. So the likely organism is Entamoeba As Staph and C. perfringens are responsible for water diarrhea (non-inflammatory diarrhea) Giardia cause malabsorption syndrome.
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