Card 11 / 39: An 18-year old female without co-morbidities was admitted for sudden onset of fever , nausea, vomiting 3 days after swimming in a river. She had signs of meningismus. Her condition rapidly deteriorated and she expired within a week after onset of symptoms. If H and E stain of brain tissue will be performed, what is the expected appearance of the organism's infective stage?
A) Uni-nucleate trophozoites
B) double-walled cyst
C) Trophozoites with prominent dense central nucleolus
D) single-walled cyst

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