Case Studies

Ungraded Practice Question

A 29 year old male steak house owner from Arizona presented to his doctor complaining of weight loss, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Patient history revealed that the man eats all of his meals at his restaurant and his favorite meat is rare sirloin steak. The man also noted that he had recently been on anti-parasitic medication. The doctor ordered a stool for parasitic examination. These two suspicious forms were seen. The patient is most likely suffering from an infection with:

Please select the single best answer

Taenia solium
Trichinella spiralis
Taenia saginata
Diphyllobothrium latum

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