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Table 3:

Intensity of B. hominis Infection among Blastocystosis Patients.

Category No. of organisms	No. of cases and (%) Mean of No. ± SD	Intensity of B. hominis
Category No. of organisms	No. of cases and (%) Mean of No. ± SD	No. of organisms	Mean of No. ± SD
Symptoms	93 (86.11)	Positive for B. hominis with gastrointestinal symptoms More than 7	9.20±2.41^** (8 to 30)^*
Symptoms	15 (13.88)	Positive for B. hominis without trointestinalsymptoms Less than 5	4.06±1.86 (2 to 12)^*

Range of No. of B. hominis cells per 40 X field.

^**

p < 0.001 versus comparison with number of B. hominis cells among asymptomatic individuals.