A patient is suspected of having amebic dysentery. Upon microscopic examination of a fresh fecal specimen for ova and parasites, the following data were obtained:
A trophozoite of 25 µm
Progressive, unidirectional crawl
Evenly distributed peripheral chromatin
Finely granular cytoplasm
This information probably indicates:
A) Entamoeba coli
B) Entamoeba histolytica
C) Endolimax nana
D) Iodamoeba butchlii
