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An underestimated sexually transmitted infection: amoebiasis

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2019
Entamoeba histolytica is a cosmopolitan pathogenic parasite. It is spread via the feco-oral route and, to a lesser extent, via sexual intercourse. We report a case of hepatic and intestinal amoebiasis in a 67-year-old man who had never travelled to an ...
A. Billet   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Host tissue destruction by Entamoeba histolytica: molecules mediating adhesion, cytolysis, and proteolysis

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
Entamoeba histolytica, the protozoan parasite causing human amoebisis, has recently been found to comprise two genetically distinct forms, potentially pathogenic and constitutively nonpathogenic ones.
Rolf D. Horstmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Furanocoumarins from Ruta chalepensis with Amebicide Activity

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
Entamoeba histolytica (protozoan; family Endomoebidae) is the cause of amoebiasis, a disease related to high morbidity and mortality. Nowadays, this illness is considered a significant public health issue in developing countries.
Aldo Fabio Bazaldúa-Rodríguez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Hepatocellular Hypoxia Criteria:2’Nitroimidazole Effect on Hepatocyte Carbohydrate Metabolizing Enzymes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Aim: to understand the 2’-nitroimidazole induced hypoxia and liver cell interaction, we proposed a “Hapatocellular Hypoxia Criteria”.
Rakesh Sharma
core   +1 more source

Exposure to Systemic Antimicrobials During Pregnancy and Risk of Miscarriage: A Population‐Based Registry Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 133, Issue 7, Page 1394-1404, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate miscarriage risk following gestational antimicrobial exposure while addressing biases that have affected previous studies. Design Population‐based cohort study. Setting Linkage of four nationwide registries: Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN), Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry (NorPD), Norwegian Patient Registry ...
Thomas Boissiere‐O'Neill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Successful treatment with metronidazole and paromomycin for fulminant amoebic colitis during cytotoxic chemotherapy in a patient with small-cell lung cancer

open access: yesIDCases, 2021
We report the case of a 64-year-old man with advanced small-cell lung cancer who developed fulminant amoebic colitis during cytotoxic chemotherapy. During the first cycle of carboplatin/etoposide treatment, febrile neutropenia and grade 4 neutropenia ...
Aya Kitaoka   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discrimination of Entamoeba spp. in children with dysentery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aim: The present study was performed in order to differentiate E. histolytica and E. dispar in children from Gorgan city, using a PCR method. Background: Differential detection of two morphologically indistinguishable protozoan parasites Entamoeba ...
Cheraghali, F.   +5 more
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Organisation of Health Care During an Outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Organising health care was one of the tasks of the International Scientific and Technical Committee during the 1998-1999 outbreak in Durba/Watsa, in the north-eastern province (Province Orientale), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Borchert, M   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Outbreak of intestinal amoebiasis among men who have sex with men, Barcelona (Spain), October 2016 and January 2017

open access: yesEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2017
Entamoeba histolytica has been recently recognised as an emerging sexually transmissible pathogen in men who have sex with men (MSM), causing sporadic outbreaks in countries where it is not endemic.
L. Escolà-Vergé   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The major neutral proteinase of Entamoeba histolytica. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
FPLC anion-exchange and chromatofocusing chromatography were used to purify the major neutral proteinase from secretions of axenically cultured Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites.
Allen, S   +3 more
core  

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