A specimen from a patient suffering diarrhea shows a one-celled organism in the microscope.  The organism moves very slowly by protruding its cytoplasm.  You would predict that the patient has an infection caused by ________.

A. Toxoplasma
B. Entamoeba
C. Plasmodium
D. Trichomonas
E. Giardia


Answer: B

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