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Early Clinical Response of a Large Amebic Liver Abscess to Eravacycline Prior to Metronidazole Initiation: A Case Report. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisEntamoeba histolytica is an amebic protozoan that is often asymptomatic, with many patients being asymptomatic carriers. However, 10 percent of cases manifest with amebic dysentery and, less commonly, amebic liver abscesses. Amebic liver abscesses are the most common extraintestinal manifestation of E. histolytica.
Anthony JA, Robinson A, Pedroza L.
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REVIEW ARTICLE: AMEBIASIS MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS DEVELOPMENT
Medical and Health Science Journal, 2019 Amebiasis is one of the gastrointestinal tract infection disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica ,a parasitic protozoan. Amebiasis is the second disease, caused by parasite, that leading cause of death after malaria.
Nurlina Muliani, Hotimah Masdan Salim
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Entamoeba histolytica is an invasive enteric protozoan, whose infections are associated to high morbidity and mortality rates. However, only less than 10% of infected patients develop invasive amebiasis. The ability of E.
Marina Nayeli Medina-Rosales +9 more
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Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1992 Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amebiasis, was first described in 1875. Although a large number of people throughout the world are infected with this organism, only a small percentage will develop clinical symptoms. Morbidity and mortality due to E. histolytica vary from area to area and person to person.
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The differentiation of amebic colitis from inflammatory bowel disease on endoscopic mucosal biopsies
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2015 Background: Intestinal amebiasis is one of the important differential diagnoses of Inflammatory Bowel Disorders in areas where it is highly prevalent. Aim: Studies comparing the clinical, endoscopic and histological features of these disorders have never
Reecha Singh +4 more
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Parasite, 2021 The genus Entamoeba includes a variety of widely distributed species adapted to live in the digestive tracts of humans and a large variety of animals of different classes.
dos Santos Zanetti Andernice +10 more
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Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2021 Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly distributed in Egypt. Moreover, parasitic diseases such as schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, or amebiasis are frequent in Egypt.
Hany M Ibrahim +2 more
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Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, 2001 Human amebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Invasion of the colonic mucosa by the trophozoite form of this parasite generally results in the clinical syndrome of amebic dysentery, although there is a wide range of clinical presentations.
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Diversity and Plasticity of Virulent Characteristics of Entamoeba histolytica
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 The complexity of clinical syndromes of amebiasis, caused by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica, stems from the intricate interplay between the host immune system, the virulence of the invading parasite, and the surrounding environment. Although there is
Yasuaki Yanagawa, Upinder Singh
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Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2007 Amebiasis is an important cause of death from parasitic disease worldwide. The causative organism is Entamoeba histolytica, which has an infective cyst stage and a pathogenic and motile trophozoite stage. The clinical presentation can vary from an asymptomatic carrier state to fulminant colitis and colonic perforation.
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