the genus entamoeba contains many species, six of which (entamoeba histolytica, entamoeba dispar, entamoeba moshkovskii, entamoeba polecki, entamoeba coli, and entamoeba hartmanni) reside in the human intestinal lumen. entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of amebiasis in humans with a worldwide distribution. correct detection of e.histolytica is frequently a major concern in diagnostic ...

The contribution of amebiasis to the burden of diarrheal disease in children and the degree to which immunity is acquired from natural infection were assessed in a 4-year prospective observational study of 289 preschool children in an urban slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Entamoeba histolytica infection was detected at least once in 80%, and repeat infection in 53%, of the children who completed 4 y...

Soluble antigens from an axenic culture of Entamoeba histolytica were used to develop a commercial ELISA kit to quantify anti-E. histolytica antibodies in sera of patients with extraintestinal amebiasis in non-endemic settings. The diagnostic specificity and sensitivity of the test were assessed retrospectively using 131 human serum samples with amoebic serologic status available. They were sel...

A 46-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain, diarrhea and irregular vaginal bleeding persisting for the past 2 months. She had a history of cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy 6 years previously, which was successful. Magnetic resonance imaging with T2-weighted and diffusion images showed a high intensity area in the cervix, suggestive of recurrent cervical can...

In Russia, amebiasis is sporadically registered mainly in the southern regions. An endemic area Republic of Dagestan. We describe a clinical case, which illustrates challenges diagnosis amebial colitis related to low awareness physicians parasitic diseases non-endemic A 38-year old female patient living Moscow was initially misdiagnosed with Crohn's disease. Erosive and ulcerative colonic lesio...