Enteric Protozoan Parasitosis and Associated Factors among Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana

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Photomicrographs of some intestinal protozoans recovered during the study. (a, i) Entamoeba histolytica/dispar cyst (FEC iodine stain, ×400), (b, e, g) Giardia lamblia cyst (FEC iodine stain, ×400), (c) Chilomastix mesnili cyst (FEC iodine stain, ×400), (d) Blastocystis hominis cyst (FEC iodine stain, ×400), (f) Cryptosporidium spp. oocyst (MZN stain, ×100), and (h) Entamoeba coli cyst.FEC–formol-ether concentration technique. MZN: modified Ziehl–Neelsen staining technique.

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