II. Epidemiology

  1. Most common Protozoan infection in industrialized countries, worldwide
  2. More common in children

III. Pathophysiology

  1. Intestinal flagellate related to trichomonads (Trichomonas), and not related to amoebas
  2. Fecal-oral transmission
  3. Most commonly found in the trophozoite form
    1. Typically in the Large Bowel or passed in the stool

IV. Symptoms

V. Labs

VI. Resources

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Ontology: Dientamoeba fragilis (C0320317)

Concepts Eukaryote (T204)
SnomedCT 41542000
LNC LP146107-0
English Dientameba fragilis, Dientamoeba fragilis, dientamoeba fragilis, dientameba fragilis, Dientamoeba fragilis (organism)
Spanish Dientamoeba fragilis, Dientameba fragilis, Dientamoeba fragilis (organismo)