INTESTINAL COMMENSAL AMEBAE

AMEBAE

Entamoeba Entamoeba Entamoeba Entamoeba Entamoeba Endolinax

histolytica hartmanni coli polecki gingivalis nana

Size 8-65um 5-12um 8-35um 10-20um 5-12um

8-20um

Number of 1 1-4 1-8 1 No cyst stage 1-4

nuclei

Karyosome Small and Small and Large, irregular Small cand Centrally Large, blotlike,
central central shape central located usually central
eccentric

Peripheral Fine and evenly Fine and Unevenly Fine and Fine and evenly Absent
chromatin distributed evenly distributed evenly distributed
distributed distributed

Motility Progressive, Non- Non- Sluggish non Active, varying Sluggish,

one finger-like progressive, progressive or progressive pseudopod non- progressive
pseudopodia finger-like sluggish, many Diarrheal Stool appearance blunt
pseudopodia blunt/ Progressive pseudopods
rounded unidirectional
pseudopodia

Cytoplasmic Ingested in rbc Ingested Vacuoles Ingested Leukocytes Bacteria

inclusions bacteria may containing bacteria Epithelial cells
be present bacteria other food Bacteria
often visible particles