Amebic Colitis

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Amebic Colitis
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Gastroenterology

Case description

Multiple “flask shaped” ulcers. Amebiasis is the infection of the human gastrointestinal tract by Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite that is capable of invading the intestinal mucosa and may spread to other organs, mainly the liver. Entamoeba dispar, an ameba morphologically similar to E. histolytica that also colonizes the human gut, has been recognized recently as a separate species with no invasive potential. The acceptance of E. dispar as a distinct but closely related protozoan species has had profound implications for the epidemiology of amebiasis, since most asymptomatic infections found worldwide are now attributed to this noninvasive ameba.

tags: jelito grube Entamoeba histolytica kolonoskopia wrzód

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