Lab Med Online.  2022 Oct;12(4):315-316. 10.47429/lmo.2022.12.4.315.

A Giardiasis Case Diagnosed by Wright’s Stain and BioFire FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel Assay Using Stool Sample

• Yoon KH

• KMID: 2538621
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.47429/lmo.2022.12.4.315

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  Fig. 1 (A) Numerous trophozoites of Giardia lamblia (Wright stain×200), (B) Pear-shaped trophozoites with two nuclei and flagella (Wright stain ×1,000).

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