KROK 1 2008 – Question 155 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A gynaecologist was examining a patient and revealed symptoms of genital tract inflammation. A smear from vagina contains pyriform protozoa with a spine, flagella at their front; there is also an undulating membrane. What disease can be suspected?
- A. Intestinal trichomoniasis
- B. Balantidiasis
- C. Urogenital trichomoniasis
- D. Lambliasis
- E. Toxoplasmosis
Hint
Pay attention to the pear-shaped flagellate with an axostyle and an undulating membrane, and think about where in the human body it can live and how it spreads.
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