A 40-year-old man goes on a camping vaca- tion with his family. One day after swimming in a freshwater lake near the campsite, he de- velops nausea and vomiting and starts to be- have irrationally. His family takes him to the emergency department, where blood samples are taken and a spinal tap is performed. He is diagnosed with a rapidly progressing meningo- encephalitis and dies shortly thereafter. Which of the following protozoa was most likely the cause of the man's illness? (A) Cryptosporidium species (B) Entamoeba histolytica (C) Leishmania donovani (D) Naegleria fowleri (E) Plasmodium falciparum
A 40-year-old man goes on a camping vaca- tion with his family. One day after swimming in a freshwater lake near the campsite, he de- velops nausea and vomiting and starts to be- have irrationally. His family takes him to the emergency department, where blood samples are taken and a spinal tap is performed. He is diagnosed with a rapidly progressing meningo- encephalitis and dies shortly thereafter. Which of the following protozoa was most likely the cause of the man's illness? (A) Cryptosporidium species (B) Entamoeba histolytica (C) Leishmania donovani (D) Naegleria fowleri (E) Plasmodium falciparum
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Transcribed Image Text:A 40-year-old man goes on a camping vaca-
tion with his family. One day after swimming
in a freshwater lake near the campsite, he de-
velops nausea and vomiting and starts to be-
have irrationally. His family takes him to the
emergency department, where blood samples
are taken and a spinal tap is performed. He is
diagnosed with a rapidly progressing meningo-
encephalitis and dies shortly thereafter. Which
of the following protozoa was most likely the
cause of the man's illness?
(A) Cryptosporidium species
(B) Entamoeba histolytica
(C) Leishmania donovani
(D) Naegleria fowleri
(E) Plasmodium falciparum
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