My patient is a 35-year-old man with a history of abdominal pain and loose stools for the past 8 months. He has approximately 1-2 episodes per month. Three months ago a stool analysis showed Entamoeba ...

Amebiasis, also known as amoebic dysentery, is a serious parasitic infection. This condition can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody stools, or it may cause no symptoms at all. The parasite ...

THE purpose of this paper is to invite attention to some of the bizarre and puzzling manifestations of amebiasis that have been encountered, with special reference to hepatic complications. Pitfalls ...

DURING the past year the results of several studies on dysentery and diarrhea in members of the armed forces returning from tropical areas have been published. 1, 2 These indicate to some extent the ...