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Amebiasis: epidemiologic studies in the United States, 1971-1974.
Donald J. Krogstad,Harrison C. Spencer,George R. Healy,Neva N. Gleason,Daniel J. Sexton,Charles A. Herron +5 more
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A number of laboratories have vastly overdiagnosed amebiasis and have reported leukocytes in stools as Entamoeba histolytica, and sporadic cases may be mistakenly diagnosed as ulcerative colitis and inappropriately treated with steroids.Abstract:Â
Seven investigations of suspected foci of amebiasis between October 1971 and June 1974 lead to three conclusions. [1] A number of laboratories have vastly overdiagnosed amebiasis and have ...read more
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Problems in recognition and diagnosis of amebiasis: estimation of the global magnitude of morbidity and mortality
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Current concepts: Amebiasis
TL;DR: From the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh; the University of Vermont, Burlington (C.D.H., E.H.H, W.A.P.), and theUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, Charlottesville.
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Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques for Entamoeba Species
TL;DR: The purpose of this review is to discuss different methods that exist for the identification of E. histolytica, E. dispar, and E. moshkovskii in clinical samples which are available to the clinical diagnostic laboratory.
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Amebiasis
TL;DR: In all cases, combination of serologic tests with detection of the parasite (by antigen detection or PCR) offers the best approach to diagnosis, while PCR techniques remain impractical in many developing country settings.
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Comparison of PCR, Isoenzyme Analysis, and Antigen Detection for Diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica Infection
TL;DR: All three techniques for specific identification of E. histolytica in fresh stool showed excellent correlation and the nested-PCR test was both rapid and technically simple.
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Studies of human amebiasis. I. Clinical and laboratory findings in eight cases of acute amebic colitis.
Fred E. Pittman,Fred E. Pittman,Fred E. Pittman,Weleed K. El-Hashimi,Weleed K. El-Hashimi,Weleed K. El-Hashimi,Joan C. Pittman,Joan C. Pittman,Joan C. Pittman +8 more
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