آمیبیاز

Also known as entamoebiasis, amoebiasis, chronic intestinal amebiasis, amoebic dysentery, chronic intestinal amoebiasis, entamebiasis, amebic dysentery

Amoebiasis, or amoebic dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by a parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amoebiasis can be present with no, mild, or severe symptoms. Symptoms may include lethargy, loss of weight, colonic ulcerations, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or bloody diarrhea. Complications can include inflammation and ulceration of the colon with tissue death or perforation, which may result in peritonitis. Anemia may develop if there is prolonged gastric bleeding.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Amoebiasis
Medical condition (new).synonyms: Amoebic dysentery, amebiasis, entamoebiasis
Medical condition (new).image: Amebiasis LifeCycle.gif
Medical condition (new).caption: The life-cycle of various intestinal Entamoeba species
Medical condition (new).field: Infectious disease
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain
Medical condition (new).complications: Severe colitis, colonic perforation, anemia
Medical condition (new).causes: Entamoeba histolytica
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Stool examination, antibodies in the blood
Medical condition (new).differential: Bacterial colitis
Medical condition (new).prevention: Improved sanitation
Medical condition (new).treatment: Tissue disease: metronidazole, tinidazole, nitazoxanide, dehydroemetine, chloroquine,Intestinal infection: diloxanide furoate, iodoquinoline
Medical condition (new).frequency: ~50 million
Medical condition (new).deaths: ~100,000

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Research

15,876 papers

Amebiasis.The American journal of medical technology · 1955
Autochthonous amebiasis in Spain.Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas · 2025
AMEBIASIS.Journal of the American Medical Association · 1956
Amebiasis-treatment.Seminar · 1953
Amebiasis.Southern medical journal · 1954

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