American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 7(52), p. 2680-2683, 2014
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00813-14
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ABSTRACT Dientamoeba fragilis is a common enteropathogen of humans. Recently a cyst stage of the parasite was described in an animal model; however, no cyst stage has been described in detail from clinical samples. We describe both cyst and precystic forms from human clinical samples.