We determined yearly change in prevalence and risk factors for amebic colitis caused by intestinal invasive amebiasis among persons who underwent endoscopy and assessed differences between HIV-positive and HIV-negative persons in Japan. A total of 10,930 patients were selected for analysis, of whom 54 had amebic colitis. Prevalence was in 2009 (0.88%, 12/1360) compared with 2003 (0.16%, 3/1904)...

BACKGROUND The serology of amebiasis is affected by low sensitivity and specificity. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the advantage of the indirect hemagglutination assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the diagnosis of amebiasis, using Entamoeba histolytica soluble antigen (macerated amebic antigens) prepared from four different virulent isolates, continuously cultivated in the presence of th...

Attempts were made to use soluble antigen extract of strain HK-9 of Entamoeba histolytica to detect salivary IgA antibodies in intestinal amebiasis patients by using ELISA. Total salivary samples of 109 individuals were divided into four groups. Group I comprised 32 patients whose stools were positive only for E. histolytica cysts and/or trophozoites. Group II comprised 12 individuals whose sto...

Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that caused amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery, it an intestinal disease which infects colon and liver Amoebic dysentery spread all over the world. E. causing death of human cells leading to develop invasion, ulceration intestine. However, amebic abscess (ALA) considers as major common extraintestinal by histolytica. The current study was designed est...

world. I myself have treated such cases for hyperacidity, intestinal indigestion, neurasthenia, anemia, or whatever other symptom or symptoms might be most prominent, without giving any relief to speak of until the correct diagnosis was established, and I have no doubt that others may have done the same. It is well known to you that disturbances of digestion, due to inability properly to assimi...

Amebiasis is caused by Entamoeba histolytica infection and can produce a broad range of clinical signs, from asymptomatic cases to patients with obvious symptoms. The current epidemiological and clinical statuses of amebiasis make it a serious public health problem worldwide. The Entamoeba life cycle consists of the trophozoite, the causative agent for amebiasis, and the cyst, the form responsi...