We report the case of a 33-year-old female patient who had presented two years previously with haemorrhagic diarrhoea and purpuric marks on her legs at a different institution. She was initially treated with plasmapheresis and steroid therapy with a good response. She was monitored as an outpatient on a regular basis. Two years after her initial clinical presentation, she was admitted to our in...

Amoebic liver abscess is an endemic in developing countries but few cases of associated vascular complications have been reported. The authors report a very rare vascular complication of hepatic veins and inferior vena caval (IVC) thrombosis extending into the right atrium in a young male with large amoebic liver abscess. Optimal result was achieved with early diagnosis on CT scan, percutaneous...

The report by &erva and Novk concerning 16 human fatalities associated with amoebic meningoencephalitis (1) should ring a warning bell among members of the (health professions. Amoebas are being cultivated with remarkafble frequency from human sources such as the upper respiratory tract and from serum during searches for viruses thou(ght to cause various respiratory symptoms, fevers, and hepati...

Amoebiasis is a human infectious disease due to the amoeba parasite Entamoeba histolytica. The disease appears in only 20% of the infections. Diversity in phenotypes may occur within the same infectious strain in the gut; for instance, parasites can be commensal (in the intestinal lumen) or pathogenic (inside the tissue). The degree of pathogenesis of clinical isolates varies greatly. These fin...

A 67-year-old gentleman underwent fistulectomy for low trans-sphincteric anal fistula along with curettage for an associated abscess extending proximally for half a centimeter into the intersphincteric plane. The roof of the cavity became clearly visible after satisfactory culmination of the surgical procedure. Histopathological examination of the fistulous tract and the curetted granulation ti...

BackgroundTha Song Yang District, located on the Thai-Myanmar border, contributes to second highest cases of amoebic dysentery due intestinal parasitic infections (IPI). However, there were limited disease prevalence data, specific surveillance systems, and interventions available.ObjectiveThis study aimed explore epidemiological features IPIs apply One Health (OH) approach solve IPI-related pr...

The opening chapter deals with morbidity and mortality, seasonal incidence, causation and relative frequencies of the different type? of the disease in this country. Here we are informed that cholera and dysentery are almost equally placed for the third and fourth places in order of importance in the Indian mortality rates and that both are much more important for all India than plague, a fact ...

Arsenical derivatives have played a useful part iu the treatment of amebiasis. Stovarsol, originally prepared by Ehrlich, was found to be effective in the control of this disease. But, owing to the higli percentage of toxic manifestations and other symptoms of arsenic intolerance, this product has been practically replaced in recent years by less toxic drugs. Anderson and Reed (1931) introduced...