The liver abscess is the most frequent extraintestinal complication of intestinal amoebiasis: its diagnosis is suggested by the clinical picture but it must be confirmed by paraclinic tests. Themost stringent diagnosis requires identification of E. histolytica. But this is possible only in a few cases. Serological tests greatly improve the diagnosis of this severe complication of amoebiasis. We...

The clinical presentation of amoebic colitis are diverse. Amoebiasis is comparatively rare in the U.K. and, unless the clinician is aware of the condition, wrong diagnosis often leads to delay in appropriate treatment resulting in high mortality. Diagnosis rests on clinical suspicion, stool examination, sigmoidoscopy with rectal biopsy and serological tests. Amoebiasis is readily treatable and ...

Amoebiasis is an uncommon disease in developed countries. Its clinical presentation can be variable and non-specific, and the diagnosis can be easily overlooked. We report a case of colonic amoebic abscess mimicking advanced colonic cancer with acute intestinal obstruction and liver metastasis. The presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of amoebiasis are also reviewed.

many extra-intestinal manifestations are associated with celiac disease. one of the most important of them is hepatobiliary abnormalities. this association is recently under consideration. we report a 34-year-old man with elevated liver enzymes and primary diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. further follow up revealed celiac disease as the proper diagnosis in this patient.

Nitroimidazoles are highly potent antiprotozoal agents with wellestablished indications. Since the discovery of metronidazole, a member of this group, the treatment of amoebiasis has been revolutionized. Despite its extreme potency against E-histolytica, metronidazole has to be taken for a relatively long penod (10 days) and hasvanous side effects including headache, metallic taste, nausea, dia...

Entamoeba histolytica was first cultured in vitro in 1925 (Boeck and Drbohlav, 1925) but has not yet been grown in the absence of living bacteria. Experimentally the dependence of E. histolytica on living bacteria in the intestine is well illustrated by the inability of E. histolytica to survive and invade the bowel wall of germ-free guinea-pigs (Phillips, Wolfe, Rees, Gordon, Wright, and Reyni...