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Abstract

Falling-Leaf Motility of Giardia lamblia

A 24-year-old man with a kidney transplant presented with a 3-day history of diarrhea. An examination of a saline wet mount of a stool sample showed an organism moving in a “falling leaf” pattern (shown in a video).

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Title
Falling-Leaf Motility of Giardia lamblia
Author
Biswal, Debasish; Mirdha, Bijay 1 

1  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 
Section
Images in Clinical Medicine
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Jun 1, 2023
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Website
http://www.nejm.org
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMicm2211056
ProQuest document ID
2821379053
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