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Fatal attraction: intestinal amebiasis and COVID-19 as risk factors for colonic perforation

The parasite Entamoeba histolytica, the causal agent of amebiasis, is considered a worldwide emergent disease and still represents an important cause of death in Mexico. Here, we describe a clinical case, involving an inflammatory response to both Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and i...

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Autores principales: Dorantes, Jorge Alberto, López-Becerril, Jose Octavio, Zavala-Cerna, Maria G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjab301