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| diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal cramps, tenesmus, weight loss, may be indistinguishable from IBD |
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| tissue invasive and extraintestinal |
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| cilia, cytosome, cytopyge, macronucleus, micronucleus, food vacuoles, contractile vacuoles |
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| pigs are presumed reservoirs |
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| circular lesions with raised margins in colonic mucosa, necrotic center |
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| prompt examination of stool necessary d/t rapid degeneration of parasites |
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| self-limiting watery diarrhea 1-2 weeks in immunocompetent, severe persistent diarrhea in immunocompromised - may be assoc with nausea, fever, vomiting, anorexia, weight loss |
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| infection by oocyst ingestion |
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| asymptomatic infections uncommon |
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| organisms found throughout the GI tract producing minimal tissue changes |
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| pathophys of diarrhea not known, cholera-like toxin possibly involved |
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| diagnosis by acid fast stain |
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| major cause of diarrhea in hikers and travelers |
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| bx of small intestine show flattened microvilli and inflammatory changes |
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| acute, explosive diarrhea, flatulence, epigastric pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, low-grade fever |
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| spores disseminated via bloodstream, lymphatics, or within infected macrophages |
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| intestinal and extraintestinal |
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| obligate intracellular (2) |
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| cryptosporidium parvum and microsporidia |
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