KROK 1 2015 – Question 37 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient with probable liver abscess was delivered to a surgical department. The patient for a long time had been on an assignment in an African country and had recurrent cases of acute gastrointestinal disturbance. What protozoan disease can it be?
- A. Malaria
- B. Amebiasis
- C. Leishmaniasis
- D. Toxoplasmosis
- E. Trypanosomiasis
Hint
Combine the gastrointestinal history with the liver lesion and ask which protozoal infection of the tropics can connect the two organs.
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