| Summary | ||||
| Organism | Transmission | Symptoms | Diagnosis | Treatment |
| Entameba histolytica | Oro-fecal | Dysentery with blood and necrotic tissue. Chronic: abscesses | Stool: cysts with 1-4 nuclei and/or trophs. Trophs in aspirate. | GI: Iodoquinol or Metronidazole Abscess: Metronidazole |
| Giardia lamblia | Oro-fecal | Fowl-smelling, bulky diarrhea; blood or necrotic tissue rare. | Stool: typical old man giardia troph and/or cyst. | Iodoquinol or Metronidazole. |
| Balantidium coli | Oro-fecal; zoonotic | Dysentery with blood and necrotic tissue but no abscesses. | Stool: ciliated trophs and/or cysts. | Iodoquinol or Metronidazole. |
| Cryptosporidium parvum | Oro-fecal | Diarrhea | Ooocysts in stool | Paromycin (investigational) |
| Isospora belli | Oro-fecal | Giardiasis-like | Ooocysts in stool | Sulpha drugs |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | Sexual | Vaginitis; occasional urethritis/prostatitis. | Flagellate in vaginal (or urethral) smear. | Mebendazole; vingar douche; steroids |
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