Multiple choice

A person was diagnosed with flask-shaped lesions in the large intestine. He complained of violent diarrhoea, bloody stool with pus, flatulance and malodorous gas with abdominal bloating. The etiological agent of his disease is

  1. Giardia lamblia

  2. Entamoeba histolytica

  3. Shigella dysentriae

  4. Salmonella typhimurium

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The person was affected with amoebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica.