Phylum sarcomastigophora
Sarcodina (pseudopods)
Mastigophora (flagella)
Phylum ciliophora
Balantidium coli
Phylum apicomplexa
Plasmodium spp
Cryptosporidium parvum
Isospora belli
Toxoplasma gondii
American trypanosomiasis/Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
West african
Trypanosoma bruceigambiense
East african
Trypanosoma bruceirhodiense
Ingest RBC
Cysts has 1-4 nuclei
Cigar/Sausage-shaped chromatoid bodies
Entamoeba histolytica
Trophozoite w/ old man’s eyeglasses
Giardia lamblia
Diarrhea in AIDS patients
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cyst w/o glycogen vacuoles
Iodamoeba butschii
Trophozoite with nucleus seen w/o difficulty in fresh, unsustained preparation
Entamoeba coli