Acute fulminant necrotizing amebic colitis in a pediatric patient: a rare complication of amebiasis with high mortality—a case report

BACKGROUND: The majority of amebic infections among humans remain asymptomatic. Rarely, the disease takes a fulminant acute course due to the development of necrotizing amebic colitis. This complication is usually found in adult patients. However, on the contrary, this case was diagnosed in a 9-year...

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Autores principales: Kiriwaththuduwa, Samantha, Gnanapragasam, Romola, Amarasinghe, Anjalie, Adikari, Yugantha, Ranasinghe, Shanika, Morel, Rumala, Dharmaratne, Chanuka, Bandara, Lakmalee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7494365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34899878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43159-020-00039-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7494365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34899878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43159-020-00039-7

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