A 36-Year-Old Man Who Has Traveled for Several Weeks in the Orient

A 36-year-old man who has traveled for several weeks in the orient is experiencing abdominal pain and diarrhea with a large amount of mucus.A H.heterophyes egg measuring 28 by 15 µm is identified in the stool.The treatment of choice for this intestinal trematode is:

A) metronidazole.
B) chloroquine.
C) albendazole.
D) praziquantel.

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