Table 1.

Parasites found in conjunction with Blastocystis by using permanent stain

Parasite	No.
Blastocystis sp.	35
Blastocystis and Endolimax nana	4
Blastocystis and Giardia intestinalis	2
Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis	1
Blastocystis and Entamoeba histolytica complex*	1
Blastocystis, Enteromonas hominis, and Chilomastix mesnili	1
Blastocystis, Iodamoeba butschlii, E. nana, and E. histolytica complex*	1
Blastocystis, E. nana, Entamoeba coli, and Entamoeba hartmanii	1
Blastocystis, Dientamoeba fragilis, E. coli, I. butschlii, and E. nana	1
Total	47

^*E. histolytica complex = E. histolytica, E. dispar, or E. moshkovskii.