Thoracic repercussions of amebiasis

Hepatic amebiasis.

Amebiasis can be considered the most aggressive disease of the human intestine, responsible in its invasive form for clinical syndromes, ranging from the classic dysentery of acute colitis to extra-intestinal disease, with emphasis on hepatic amebiasis, unsuitably named amebic liver abscess. Found worldwide, with a high incidence in India, tropical regions of Africa, Mexico and other areas of C...

Laboratory diagnosis of amebiasis.

The detection of Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amebiasis, is an important goal of the clinical microbiology laboratory. To assess the scope of E. histolytica infection, it is necessary to utilize accurate diagnostic tools. As more is discovered about the molecular and cell biology of E. histolytica, there is great potential for further understanding the pathogenesis of amebiasis...

[New approaches to the surgical treatment of severe thoracic cage diseases with respiratory repercussions].

Scoliosis is defined as lateral curvature of the spine with vertebral rotation, meaning that it is a 3dimensional deformity. Scoliosis leads to thoracic deformity if the spinal alterations occur in that zone (Figure 1). Scoliosis is classified as either idiopathic or secondary, regardless of what part of the spine is affected. Idiopathic scoliosis is currently thought almost certainly to arise ...

Some Modern Conceptions of Amebiasis.

current concepts Amebiasis

From the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh (R.H.); the University of Vermont, Burlington (C.D.H.); and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville (M.H., E.H., W.A.P.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Petri at the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, Rm. 2115, MR4 Bldg., P.O. Box 801340, Charlottesv...