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  Gastroenteritis - amoebiasis - Better Health Channel.
Amoebiasis, a type of gastro, is a cause of diarrhoea among travellers to developing countries.
Amoebiasis occurs when the parasites are taken in by mouth.
Amoebiasis is a cause of diarrhoea among travellers to developing countries.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au /bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Gastroenteritis_amoebiasis?OpenDocument   (569 words)

  
 Amoebiasis / Amoebic Dysentery : Definition, Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and general treatment of Amoebiasis/ ...
Amoebiasis is a common infection of the human gastro­intestinal tract.
Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection of the large intestine.
Amoebiasis is causes by a parasite that can live in humans without making them ill, or it can make a person very sick by going into organs like the liver or heart.
www.free-health-care.com /intestinal_diseases/amoebiasis.htm   (1394 words)

  
  Amoebiasis Introduction - Health encyclopaedia - NHS Direct
Amoebiasis (sometimes spelt amebiasis) is an infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica).
Amoebiasis can affect people living anywhere in the world, but is most common where living conditions are crowded or there is poor hygiene and sanitation.
Amoebiasis is rare in the UK and UK citizens are most likely to become infected when they are travelling in those parts of the world where amoebiasis is common.
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk /articles/article.aspx?articleId=18   (237 words)

  
 Amoebiasis - Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Amoebiasis is an infection of small intestine, which is caused by an protozoan called Entamoeba histolytica.
Intestinal Amoebiasis:- It is frequently asymptomatic and varies from fulminant dysentery with fever, chills, and bloody or mucoid diarrhea to mild abdominal discomfort with diarrhea containing blood or mucus alternating with periods of constipation or remission.
As, amoebiasis is a highly contagious disease - so, it may be transmitted from one person to other through direct contact.
www.thebeautytips.com /beauty/skin-disorders/amoebiasis.htm   (923 words)

  
 Amoebiasis: amoebiasis symptom and treatment
After you are infected with amoebiasis it may take days, months or years before you become ill. However, the illness usually develops two to four weeks after infection.
Amoebiasis occurs when the parasites are taken in by mouth.
Amoebiasis is a cause of diarrhoea among travellers to developing countries.
www.beauty-cosmetic-guide.com /amoebiasis.htm   (477 words)

  
 DHSS, Amoebiasis, (Entamoeba histolytica)
Amoebiasis is an infection of the large intestine by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Intestinal amoebiasis is frequently asymptomatic and varies from fulminant dysentery with fever, chills, and bloody or mucoid diarrhea to mild abdominal discomfort with diarrhea containing blood or mucus alternating with periods of constipation or remission.
Extraintestinal amoebiasis disease occurs when the parasite invades other organs such as liver, lung, brain or skin.
www.state.nj.us /health/cd/cd_amoebiasis.htm   (171 words)

  
 Amoebiasis - Information from Reference.com
Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica.
Amoebiasis is an intestinal infection that may or may not be symptomatic.
Amoebiasis is usually transmitted by contamination of drinking water and foods with fecal matter, but it can also be transmitted indirectly through contact with dirty hands or objects as well as by sexual intercourse.
www.reference.com /search?q=Amoebiasis   (1710 words)

  
 Amoebiasis (Amoebic Dysentry) - Amoebiasis Symptom, Causes, Treatment
Amoebiasis is a diseases which is related to intestine.
Amoebiasis is caused by Entamoeba histolytica which leads to an intestinal infection causing severe diarrhoea.
Once amoebiasis has been diagnosed then a course of antibiotics can be provided to kill the parasite and to enable the affected person to make a full recovery within a month.
www.cosmeticsdiary.com /amoebiasis.htm   (106 words)

  
 BBC - Health - Ask the doctor - Amoebiasis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Amoebiasis is caused by an infection with a parasite called entamoeba histolytica.
Amoebiasis is a very common infection in the tropics and developing countries but it can take days, sometimes months, before symptoms, including diarrhoea and abdominal pain, appear.
Once amoebiasis has been diagnosed then a course of antibiotics can be provided to kill the parasite and to enable the affected person to make a full recovery within a month.
www.bbc.co.uk /health/ask_the_doctor/amoebiasis.shtml   (390 words)

  
 Amoebiasis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Amoebiasis is infection by an protozoan, typically Entamoeba histolytica.
Diagnosis of amoebiasis is confirmed by finding cysts in the stools of the patient.
The first line antibiotic of choice in amoebiasis is metronidazole.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/am/amoebiasis.html   (105 words)

  
 Med-Lib - Medical Online Library - English Articles - Oxford Textbook of Surgery - Amoebiasis
Intestinal amoebiasis is almost universal in the tropics, but the prevalence of infestation and the incidence of disease show geographical variation, probably because transmission and invasiveness vary with ecological and social conditions.
The latent period before the development of invasive amoebiasis varies: in an outbreak of the disease the usual incubation period is 1 to 4 weeks, but it can be as long as 1 year.
The dysentery associated with amoebiasis is frequently confused with that of Shigella infection.
med-lib.ru /english/oxford/amoebiasis.shtml   (2724 words)

  
 ASNOM - Amoebiasis
Amoebiasis is a parasitic disease that affects humans alone and which, especially in its most typical form, is a dysentery.
In 1947, near Saigon, the occurrence of Amoebiasis in the population is reduced from 15 % to 0.005 % by generalizing the use of a controlled water supply, the washing of salads in water containing potassium permanganate and the regular scrubbing and cleaning of the cook's hands (Blanc*).
The fundamental measures to be undertaken for the prophylaxis of diseases of faecal origin, particularly Amoebiasis, are, on the one hand, the neutralization of human excreta and the construction of a sufficient number of latrines for the community or individuals; on the other hand, a good supply of flowing and drinking water for the community.
www.asnom.org /en/443_amibiase.html   (2221 words)

  
 Amoebiasis - the facts: IDEAS - Victorian Government Health Information, Australia
Amoebiasis is a type of gastroenteritis (gastro) caused by a tiny parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, which infects the bowel.
Amoebiasis is generally associated with people living in areas of poor sanitation and is a common cause of diarrhoea among travellers to developing countries.
Amoebiasis occurs when Entamoeba histolytica parasites are taken in by mouth and the most common way this happens is by person-to-person spread.
www.health.vic.gov.au /ideas/diseases/gas_damoe.htm   (718 words)

  
 Meeting Report: EMBO Workshop "Pathogenesis of Amoebiasis: from Genomics to Disease", Institut Pasteur, Paris, May ...
Amoebiasis is a human intestinal infectious disease caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
In contrast to intestinal amoebiasis, invasion of the liver is characterized by the presence of E. histolytica trophozoites that cause an acute inflammatory reaction.
The purpose of the EMBO workshop "Pathogenesis of amoebiasis: from genomics to disease" held at the Pasteur Institute in May 2003 was to enable those involved in E. histolytica research to share information obtained by genome analysis of this parasite and to anticipate functional analysis of major pathogenic factors leading to symptoms of disease.
www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=40994   (3656 words)

  
 Amoebiasis
Amoebiasis is an intestinal parasitic illness which is caused by a single-celled microscopic parasite called Entamoeba histolytica.
Gastroenteritis (diarrhoea or dysentery with abdominal pain and exhaustion) is the main symptom of amoebiasis.
This shows that research is still in its infancy since the effort to kill the trophozoites and cysts in the large intestines of the sufferer or carrier is still a challenge.
www.chennaionline.com /health/Homoeopathy/2005/04homoeopathy38.asp   (1379 words)

  
 Annual report of Cell Biology of Parasitism for year 2005
Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection of the intestine prevalent in the developing world.
TNF could have a dual role during amoebiasis: on the inflammatory reaction developed by the host and on trophozoïte migration (we have shown that TNF is chemoattractant and chemokinetic for E.
During liver abscess formation, there is an influx of macrophages and the presence of TNF in the lumen of vessels and around the inflammatory foci has been determined.
www.pasteur.fr /recherche/RAR/RAR2005/Bcp-en.html   (1073 words)

  
 Amoebiasis Symptom And Causes - Home Remedy For Amoebiasis
Amoebiasis can affect anyone, however, the disease mostly occurs in young to middle aged adults.
Amoebiasis occurs when Entamoeba histolytica parasites are taken in by mouth and the most common way this happens is by person-to-person spread.
Remove the kernel from the dried seeds of the bael fruit, and also the mango seed kernel.
www.best-home-remedies.com /digestive_system/amoebiasis.htm   (325 words)

  
 Amoebiasis - Patient UK
Amoebiasis - Patient UK PatientPlus articles are written for doctors and so the language can be technical.
He published the seminal paper in 1875, describing the clinical aspects of recurrent intestinal amoebiasis, identified and discovered its cause, Entamoeba histolytica, and produced the disease in an experimental animal.
William Councilman (principal founder, and first president of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, 1854-1933), and Henri Lafleur, published the classical study establishing the relationship between the amoebae and both dysentery and liver abscess in 1891, in Baltimore.
www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40000457   (1389 words)

  
 eMJA: Endemic invasive amoebiasis in northern Australia
Patients with invasive amoebiasis living in Australia and other developed countries generally acquire the infection outside their country in a region where the pathogenic species is known to be endemic.
While cases of amoebiasis in Australians who have not travelled overseas have been reported,2-6 all except one pre-date the recognition of pathogenic and non-pathogenic species, and in none was the primary source identified.
Intestinal amoebiasis and amoebic liver abscess in Brisbane, 1956 to 1973.
www.mja.com.au /public/issues/177_10_181102/mcc10129_fm.html   (749 words)

  
 Amoebiasis - Amoebiasis (also sometimes spelt amebiasis) is an...
Amoebiasis - Amoebiasis (also sometimes spelt amebiasis) is an...
Amoebiasis (also sometimes spelt amebiasis) is an infection caused by the parasite entamoeba histolytica.
People living or travelling in developing countries are most at risk from the disease, which occurs when something infected with the parasite is eaten or swallowed.
www.cyl.org.uk /Amoebiasis   (89 words)

  
 Amoebiasis: Symptoms and Treatment   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Amoebiasis, sometimes spelt amebiasis, is one of those common diseases, caused by a parasite which infects the bowel casing a type of gastroenteritis infection.
Amoebiasis occurs when Entamoeba histolytica parasites are taken in by mouth, eaten or swallowed something infected with such parasite, however the most common way this happens is by person-to-person spread.
I was diagnosed of having amoebiasis since my childhood days, the second time that it attacked me was when I was out of the town for some official travel, and I was hospitalized and I thought it was the end of my life.
www.ultimate-cosmetics.com /beauty/skin_disorders/amoebiasis.htm   (1589 words)

  
 amoebiasia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
AMOEBIASIS is a worldwide disease, particularly common in tropical countries and places where public hygiene and sanitation are poor.
During the acute phase of intestinal amoebiasis the patient may have loose motions with or without mucus and blood, besides griping pain in the abdomen, which may be severe at the time of evacuation.
In chronic amoebiasis, a patient may complain of a dull pain in the lower abdomen, alternate constipation and diarrhoea, foul smell in the stools, formation of gases, and loss of appetite.
www.indiangyan.com /books/healthbooks/complet_femily_medicine_book/amoebiasis.shtml   (1423 words)

  
 Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Overdiagnosis of Intestinal Amoebiasis Associated to Serial Microscopical ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Of these persons, only the specimens of three (1.9%) were positive by ENZYMEBA (as this technique is based on the detection of enzymatic activity of histolysaine, a positive result is possible in the absence of the intact parasite in the sample).
Taken these results together, we have objectively demonstrated that the current solution of the microscopical subdiagnosis of amoebiasis, the examination of serial samples of faeces, leads to an increase of the occurrence of microscopical overdiagnosis of this infection.
Accordingly, the improvement of the technician's competence to execute the microscopical examination of faeces remains a necessary approach to the reduction of the overdiagnosis of intestinal amoebiasis.
www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000600018&lng=en&nrm=iso   (742 words)

  
 Amoebiasis -- World Problems - Issues Online   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Amoebic dysentery or amoebiasis is an infection of the colon that is present worldwide, but occurs most commonly in warm, moist climates.
Amoebiasis can be found all over the world, including the cold and even polar regions: epidemics of amoebic dysentery have been recorded among Eskimos at the North Pole.
Certain zones within the areas where amoebiasis is prevalent are severely affected, and are referred to as 'homelands of amoebiasis'.
www.diversitas.org /db/x.php?dbcode=pr&id=11567820&sbmt=1&go=e   (861 words)

  
 Amoebiasis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
Amoebiasis is an influence caused by the parasites entamoeba histolytica.
Amoebiasis is more likely to affect people who live or have travelled in developing countries, where sanitation and hygiene is poor.
Amoebiasis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention Amoebiasis is an influence caused by the parasites entamoeba histolytica.
www.acneatoz.org /rare-skin-disorders/amoebiasis.htm   (591 words)

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