Invasive amebiasis: An update on diagnosis and management

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 893-901

  Salles, José Maria ^a   Salles, Mauro José ^b   Moraes, Luis Alberto ^c   Silva, Mônica Cristina ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Deparment of Social Medicine   (Brazil)

^c University of Para   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Diagnosis; Entamoeba histolytica; Extraintestinal infection; Pathogenesis; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DILOXANIDE FUROATE; DNA; ETHOPHAMIDE; ETOFAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PAROMOMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SECNIDAZOLE; TECLOSAN; TINIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; AMEBIASIS; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DYSENTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROPATHY; FEVER; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PERFORATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMACH PAIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; TASTE DISORDER; TROPHOZOITE; VOMITING;

EID: 35348981266     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.5.5.893     Document Type: Review

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