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Amebiasis

Known as: Amebiasis [Disease/Finding], Amoebiasis, Amebiasis NOS 
A parasitic infectious disorder caused by amoebas. The parasite may cause colitis which is manifested with bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea… 
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Narrower (9)

Abscess, AmebicAcute amebiasisAmebic brain abscessAmebic lung abscess
Amebic colitisAmebicidesAmebomaAmoeba genus

Broader (2)

Intestinal Diseases, ParasiticProtozoal intestinal disease

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2004
2004
Entamoeba histolytica alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (EhADH2) as a target for anti-amoebic agents.
OBJECTIVES The current use of metronidazole as an anti-amoebic agent causes significant side-effects. The purpose of this study… 
2003
2003
Human amoebic hepatic abscess: in situ interactions between trophozoites, macrophages, neutrophils and T cells
Amoebic liver abscesses (ALA) are the most frequent and severe extraintestinal clinical presentations of amoebiasis. During the… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Recent progress in the molecular biology of Entamoeba histolytica.
Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite causing human amoebiasis, has recently been found to comprise two genetically… 
1988
1988
Clinical, microbiological and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of diarrhoea in Korem, Ethiopia.
Two hundred patients with diarrhoea in a rehabilitation camp in Ethiopia were studied in October 1985 to determine the presence… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Cytopathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica.
The lesions induced in man by Entamoeba histolytica are characterized by massive tissue injury in the absence of major local… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Experimental amoebiasis and the development of anti-amoebic compounds
In the ideal situation, the development of new amoebicides, or more accurately anti-amoebic compounds which are compounds with… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Interactions between Entamoeba histolytica and complement
THE pathogenic mechanisms in amoebiasis are not fully understood. Histopathological studies of infected tissues have shown lysis… 
1978
1978
Corticosteroids and liver amoebiasis.
Patients with amoebiasis who receive steroid treatment may suffer adverse affects including acute amoebic dysentery and… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Pathogenesis of amoebiasis.
In recent years the species complex of amoebae infesting man which produce four-nucleate cysts has been divided into three groups… 
Review
1959
Review
1959
Fatal amebiasis complicating corticosteroid management of pemphigus vulgaris.
A NUMBER of papers dealing with the use of ACTH and adrenocorticosteroids in infectious diseases have appeared in recent years… 
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