Necrotizing amebic colitis in an elder patient: an unexpected autopsy finding [PDF]
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2023 Necrotizing amebic colitis is an uncommon amebiasis complication associated with high mortality. We present a case of necrotizing amebic colitis in an old patient whose diagnosis was revealed at postmortem examination.
Maria Aparecida Marchesan Rodrigues +2 more
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Early Clinical Response of a Large Amebic Liver Abscess to Eravacycline Prior to Metronidazole Initiation: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesEntamoeba 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.
Jamal A. Anthony +2 more
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Epidemiology of reportable infectious diseases in the Najran Health Cluster [PDF]
Journal of Family and Community Medicine: BACKGROUND: To control disease outbreaks and promote the prevention of disease, monitoring the burden of infectious illnesses and their epidemiology is essential.
Seham M. Eldeeb +7 more
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Correlation between notifiable infectious diseases and transportation passenger traffic from 2013 to 2019 in mainland China [PDF]
BMC Public HealthPurpose Population mobility significantly contributes to the spread and prevalence of infectious diseases, posing a serious threat to public health safety and sustainable development across the globe.
Cuiping Xia +3 more
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Biochemical study for Amoebic dysentery in patients with Entamoeba histolytica in Thi-Qar province/southern Iraq [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022 Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that caused amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery, it is an intestinal disease which infects colon and liver Amoebic dysentery is spread all over the world. E.
Fawaz h Sabeeh, Amal Khalaf
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Journal of Immunology Research, 2021 Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal parasite that causes dysentery and amebic liver abscess. E. histolytica has the capability to invade host tissue by union of virulence factor Gal/GalNAc lectin; this molecule induces an adherence-inhibitory antibody
Sandra L. Martínez-Hernández +6 more
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Evaluation of the C-Terminal Fragment of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc Lectin Intermediate Subunit as a Vaccine Candidate against Amebic Liver Abscess. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal protozoan parasite that causes amoebiasis, including amebic dysentery and liver abscesses. E. histolytica invades host tissues by adhering onto cells and phagocytosing them depending on the adaptation and expression
Xiangyang Min +6 more
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CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2016 Amebiasis is a common cause of dysentery in India and can have an atypical fulminant course with negative serological tests in immunosuppressed individuals such as chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Manmeet Singh Jhawar +3 more
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The Jacob2 lectin of the Entamoeba histolytica cyst wall binds chitin and is polymorphic. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010 The infectious and diagnostic form of Entamoeba histolytica (Eh), cause of amebic dysentery and liver abscess, is the quadranucleate cyst. The cyst wall of Entamoeba invadens (Ei), a model for Eh, is composed of chitin fibrils and three sets of chitin ...
Sudip K Ghosh +6 more
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Ameboma: A Colon Carcinoma-Like Lesion in a Colonoscopy Finding
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013 Ameboma is a rare complication of amebic colitis presenting as a mass of granulation tissue with peripheral fibrosis and a core of inflammation related to amebic chronic infection.
Chung-Cheng Lin, Kuo-Yao Kao
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