title: Parasitic diarrhea.
abstract: This article reviews the biology, epidemiology, and clinical management of amebiasis, giardiasis, and cryptosporidiosis as well as the less common intestinal protozoa, Dientamoeba fragilis, Isospora belli, Balantidium coli, and Blastocystis hominis.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Panosian
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases