Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study

Figure 2

Merged microscopic pictures for wet mounts smears of formol-ether fecal concentrates showing the recognized enteric protozoa. (a) Giardia duodenalis cyst (iodine stain, 400x magnification), (b) Cryptosporidium spp. oocyst (modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain, 400x magnification), (c) Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar cyst (iodine stain, 400x magnification), (d) Blastocystis spp. vacular form (trichrome stain, 1000x magnification), and (e) Cyclospora spp. oocyst (mZN stain, 400x magnification).

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