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A 24-year-old AIDS patient develops chronic abdominal pain, low-grade fever, diarrhea, and malabsorption. Oocysts are demonstrated in the stool. Which of the following organisms is most likely to be the cause of the patient's diarrhea?
Options
- ADiphyllobothrium latum
- BEntamoeba histolytica
- CGiardia lamblia
- DIsospora belli
- EMicrosporidia
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