TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Blastocystis hominis A1 - Bhargava, Vidit A1 - Aigbivbalu, Lemuel O. A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Blastocystis hominis continues to be a subject of controversy. It is the most common single-celled organism detected in human stool samples worldwide. Long considered a protozoan of worldwide distribution, this strict anaerobe has been classified by small subunit rRNA gene analysis into the heterogeneous group of protists, the Stramenopiles, which also includes diatoms and brown algae (kelp). It is most likely an amoeba. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904409 ER -