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A 40-year-old woman comes to the emergency ...
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The patient has bloody diarrhea, which basically eliminates all the other answers. Additionally she's from an area with poor water sanitation

In stool O&P, there will be trophozoites with engulfed RBCs (fancy word is erythrophagocytosis).

Finally, the distention and tenderness implies the liver/RUQ issues

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fatboyslim  Also, Metronidazole is used to kill trophozoites, while paromomycin is to kill residual cysts in the GI tract (i.e. paromomycin for asymptomatic cyst passers) (UW 1908) +



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