Case Report: Acute Amebic Colitis Triggered by Colonoscopy: Exacerbation of Asymptomatic Chronic Infection with Entamoeba histolytica Accompanied by Dysbiosis

Recent data show that the gut microbiome plays a role in determining the clinical outcome of Entamoeba histolytica infection. We report the case of a patient who developed recurrent acute amebic colitis (second episode of acute colitis) after colonoscopy. Genotyping of E. histolytica revealed that s...

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Autores principales: Yanagawa, Yasuaki, Arisaka, Takahiro, Kawai, Satoru, Nakada-Tsukui, Kumiko, Fukushima, Atsuhito, Hiraishi, Hideyuki, Chigusa, Yuichi, Gatanaga, Hiroyuki, Oka, Shinichi, Nozaki, Tomoyoshi, Watanabe, Koji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31595870
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0396

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