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Acute amebiasis

MedGen UID:
509051
•Concept ID:
C0152499
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Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Acute amebiasis (39224005)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of acute diarrhoea.
Dutta P, Bhattacharya SK, Dutta D
Indian J Public Health 1990 Jan-Mar;34(1):38-40. PMID: 2101385

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Presence and diagnosis of amebic infestation in Turkish patients with active ulcerative colitis.
Ozin Y, Kilic MZ, Nadir I, Tayfur O, Ertas A, Ulker A, Sahin B
Eur J Intern Med 2009 Sep;20(5):545-7. Epub 2009 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.05.014. PMID: 19712863
Intestinal parasitic infections and eosinophilia in an human immunedeficiency virus positive population in Honduras.
Kaminsky RG, Soto RJ, Campa A, Baum MK
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2004 Nov;99(7):773-8. Epub 2005 Jan 12 doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000700020. PMID: 15654438
Efficacy of saccharomyces boulardii with antibiotics in acute amoebiasis.
Mansour-Ghanaei F, Dehbashi N, Yazdanparast K, Shafaghi A
World J Gastroenterol 2003 Aug;9(8):1832-3. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1832. PMID: 12918131Free PMC Article
Management of acute diarrhoea.
Dutta P, Bhattacharya SK, Dutta D
Indian J Public Health 1990 Jan-Mar;34(1):38-40. PMID: 2101385

Diagnosis

Presence and diagnosis of amebic infestation in Turkish patients with active ulcerative colitis.
Ozin Y, Kilic MZ, Nadir I, Tayfur O, Ertas A, Ulker A, Sahin B
Eur J Intern Med 2009 Sep;20(5):545-7. Epub 2009 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.05.014. PMID: 19712863
Intestinal parasitic infections and eosinophilia in an human immunedeficiency virus positive population in Honduras.
Kaminsky RG, Soto RJ, Campa A, Baum MK
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2004 Nov;99(7):773-8. Epub 2005 Jan 12 doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000700020. PMID: 15654438
Efficacy of saccharomyces boulardii with antibiotics in acute amoebiasis.
Mansour-Ghanaei F, Dehbashi N, Yazdanparast K, Shafaghi A
World J Gastroenterol 2003 Aug;9(8):1832-3. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1832. PMID: 12918131Free PMC Article

Therapy

Efficacy of saccharomyces boulardii with antibiotics in acute amoebiasis.
Mansour-Ghanaei F, Dehbashi N, Yazdanparast K, Shafaghi A
World J Gastroenterol 2003 Aug;9(8):1832-3. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i8.1832. PMID: 12918131Free PMC Article
Management of acute diarrhoea.
Dutta P, Bhattacharya SK, Dutta D
Indian J Public Health 1990 Jan-Mar;34(1):38-40. PMID: 2101385

Prognosis

Presence and diagnosis of amebic infestation in Turkish patients with active ulcerative colitis.
Ozin Y, Kilic MZ, Nadir I, Tayfur O, Ertas A, Ulker A, Sahin B
Eur J Intern Med 2009 Sep;20(5):545-7. Epub 2009 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.05.014. PMID: 19712863

Clinical prediction guides

The expression of REG 1A and REG 1B is increased during acute amebic colitis.
Peterson KM, Guo X, Elkahloun AG, Mondal D, Bardhan PK, Sugawara A, Duggal P, Haque R, Petri WA Jr
Parasitol Int 2011 Sep;60(3):296-300. Epub 2011 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.04.005. PMID: 21586335Free PMC Article
Presence and diagnosis of amebic infestation in Turkish patients with active ulcerative colitis.
Ozin Y, Kilic MZ, Nadir I, Tayfur O, Ertas A, Ulker A, Sahin B
Eur J Intern Med 2009 Sep;20(5):545-7. Epub 2009 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.05.014. PMID: 19712863

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