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Challenging diagnosis of amebiasis in a non-endemic region: a clinical case

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2023
In Russia, amebiasis is sporadically registered mainly in the southern regions. An endemic area is the Republic of Dagestan. We describe a clinical case, which illustrates challenges in the diagnosis of amebial colitis related to low awareness of ...
Elvira F. Akhmedova, Alexey V. Galyavin, Alexander V. Zotov   +2 more
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Pulmonary Amebiasis Leading to Multicystic Empyema [PDF]

Respirology Case Reports
Pulmonary amebiasis is a rare but serious condition that can lead to multicystic empyema. Early recognition and prompt treatment with surgical intervention and metronidazole are crucial.
Allahdad Khan, Anam Malik, Shahroze Ahmed, Wajeeha Jamal, Mohamed Antar   +4 more
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Hepatic amebiasis [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
Amebiasis can be considered the most aggressive disease of the human intestine, responsible in its invasive form for clinical syndromes, ranging from the classic dysentery of acute colitis to extra-intestinal disease, with emphasis on hepatic amebiasis ...
Salles José Maria, Moraes Luis Alberto, Salles Mauro Costa   +2 more
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Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema

Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2016
Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. While most infections are asymptomatic, the disease could manifest clinically as amebic dysentery and/or extraintestinal invasion in the form of amebic liver abscess or ...
Ali Zakaria, Bayan Al-Share, Khaled Al Asad   +2 more
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The Incidence and Predictive Factors Associated with Severity of Amebiasis among Children at Kut City, Middle Iraq

Medical Journal of Babylon
Background: Amebiasis is a parasitic disease. Its causative agent is Entamoeba histolytica. Yearly, about 50 million people are affected by amebiasis, which produces 100,000 deaths yearly, especially in developing countries.
Rawaa Kamel Abd, Sana Rouis, Khalied Yassen Zakair, Boutrif Mahdi   +3 more
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Chronic amebiasis presenting as appendicitis and preliminary diagnosed as a mucocele: A diagnostic dilemma and unexpected histopathological finding after surgery

Van Tıp Dergisi, 2017
Amoebic appendicitis is an extremely rare condition which is generally surgically treated with the initial diagnosis of acute appendicitis, and its definitive diagnosis cannot be made until the exact histopathological analysis.
Mehmet Tolga Kafadar, Vedat Bakan, Tuğba Çaviş   +2 more
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Amebiasis intestinal Intestinal amebiasis

Infectio, 2007
Entamoeba histolytica es el patógeno intestinal más frecuente en nuestro medio -después de Giardia lamblia-, una de las principales causas de diarrea en menores de cinco años y la cuarta causa de muerte en el mundo debida a infección por protozoarios ...
JULIO CÉSAR GÓMEZ, JORGE ALBERTO CORTÉS, SONIA ISABEL CUERVO, MYRIAM CONSUELO LÓPEZ   +3 more
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Laboratory diagnosis of amebiasis in a sample of students from southeastern Brazil and a comparison of microscopy with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for screening of infections with Entamoeba sp. [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
INTRODUCTION Epidemiological studies on amebiasis have been reassessed since Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar were first recognized as distinct species.
Valeriana Valadares Pereira, Abiqueila da Silva Conceição, Leandro Henrique Silva Maximiano, Leonardo de Queiroz Gomes Belligoli, Eduardo Sérgio da Silva   +4 more
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The cAMP responsive element modulator (CREM) transcription factor influences susceptibility to undernutrition and infection [PDF]

mBio
We previously identified genetic polymorphisms associated with Entamoeba histolytica-positive diarrhea at the locus containing the transcription factor, cAMP responsive element modulator (CREM). Genetic association testing in birth cohorts of Bangladeshi
Audrey C. Brown, Md. Jashim Uddin, Rebecca M. Munday, Farha Naz, G. Brett Moreau, Girija Ramakrishnan, Stephen S. Rich, Rashidul Haque, Genevieve L. Wojcik, Priya Duggal, Chelsea Marie, William A. Petri   +11 more
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Sex in Immune Cells and Parasitic Diseases - A Complex Relationship. [PDF]

Immunol Rev
ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies consistently show that many parasitic diseases affect males more frequently than females. These disparities are multifactorial, arising partly from gender‐specific behaviors that influence exposure risk and health‐seeking practices, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Increasing evidence also highlights that
Honecker B, Hansen CS, Lotter H.
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