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Question
A 35-year-old male comes to the physician due to watery diarrhea of two weeks' duration. He also has a low-grade fever, fatigue and weight loss of 5kg (11 lbs) over the past month. Laboratory findings include a CDT cell count 70 cells/mmֲ3. To find the cause of his diarrhea, the next best step is a test involving +
Options
- Aacid fast staining of the stool
- Bcysts with multiple nuclei in the stool
- Cperipheral blood smears
- Dsilver staining of the stool
- Etoxins in the stool
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