Infections with Entamoeba histolytica are seen worldwide and are more prevalent in the tropics. About 90% of infections are asymptomatic, and the remaining 10% produce a spectrum of clinical syndromes, ranging from dysentery to abscesses of the liver or other organs. Extra-intestinal infection by E. histolytica most often involves liver. Pleuro-pulmonary involvement, seen as the second most com...

BACKGROUND Stool microscopy, the commonly used test for diagnosis of intestinal amebiasis, is unreliable as it does not differentiate Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent for amebiasis, from non-pathogenic Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii. METHODS Two hundred and forty-six stool samples collected between January to February 2009, were examined microscopically for E. histolytic...

The most common infections in humans are caused by intestinal parasites. In Brazil, parasitic a major public health problems. These infestation levels may be related to several factors such as climate, social and economic conditions the characteristics of Brazilian Amazon few studies determine prevalence amebiasis. Therefore, this study was conducted order examine occurrence amebiasis during fl...

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 been done, so we undertook this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study comparing mucosal biopsies of 14 consecutive cases of int...

Amebiasis is uncommon in developed countries. Several case reports in the literature emphasize that both the presenting symptoms and the radiological findings of colonic amebiasis closely resemble more common conditions, such as idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease and gastro-intestinal malignancy. We describe a unique case of colonic amebiasis (amebomas) coexisting with signet-ring cell carci...

Amebic colitis is a disease revealing diverse clinical manifestations and endoscopic gross features and often confused with other types of colitis. In case of misdiagnosis as an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease or delayed recognition of intestinal amebiasis, an undesirable outcome may occur resulting from erroneous administration of steroids or delayed antiamebic treatment. To demonstrate ...