Amebic infection in humans

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 153-162

  Choudhuri, Gourdas ^a   Rangan, Murali ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Colitis; Entamoeba histolytica; Liver abscess; Parasites; Zymodemes

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; DILOXANIDE FUROATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOENZYME; METRONIDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PAROMOMYCIN; SATRONIDAZOLE; SECNIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AMEBIASIS; AMEBIC INFECTION; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPIRATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAINTESTINAL AMEBIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPHOZOITE; ZYMODEME;

EID: 84866740949     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 09750711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-012-0192-2     Document Type: Review

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