ORGANISM 2 -- Entamoeba hartmanii
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: None.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
PATHOGENESIS: Nonpathogenic.
LABORATORY IDENTIFICATION: Morphologically identical to E. histolytica except for
the size and inclusions in the trophozoite.
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
THOPHOZOITE
SIZE: 5 to 10 mcm.
INCLUSIONS: Bacteria.
CYST
SIZE: 5 to 8 mcm.
Figure 1-6. Entamoeba hartmanii
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