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Amebic dysentery

MedGen UID:
8512
•Concept ID:
C0013370
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Amebiases, Intestinal; Amebiasis, Intestinal; Amebic Colitides; Amebic Colitis; Amebic Dysenteries; Amebic Dysentery; Amoebiases, Intestinal; Amoebiasis, Intestinal; Amoebic Colitides; Amoebic Colitis; Amoebic Dysenteries; Amoebic Dysentery; Colitides, Amebic; Colitides, Amoebic; Colitis, Amebic; Colitis, Amoebic; Dysenteries, Amebic; Dysenteries, Amoebic; Dysentery, Amebic; Dysentery, Amoebic; Intestinal Amebiases; Intestinal Amebiasis; Intestinal Amoebiases; Intestinal Amoebiasis; Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica Infection
SNOMED CT: Amebic dysentery (387754006); Amebic colitis (235747003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0024275

Definition

Colitis resulting from amebic infection. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAmebic dysentery

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Review of zoonotic amebiasis: Epidemiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Li J, Cui Z, Li X, Zhang L
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:174-181. Epub 2021 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.021. PMID: 33676155
Invasive amebiasis: an update on diagnosis and management.
Salles JM, Salles MJ, Moraes LA, Silva MC
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2007 Oct;5(5):893-901. doi: 10.1586/14787210.5.5.893. PMID: 17914922
Tinidazole treatment of acute amebic dysentery in children.
Scragg JN, Proctor EM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1977 Jul;26(4):824-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.824. PMID: 889024

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Spatiotemporal and Seasonal Trends of Class A and B Notifiable Infectious Diseases in China: Retrospective Analysis.
Zheng J, Zhang N, Shen G, Liang F, Zhao Y, He X, Wang Y, He R, Chen W, Xue H, Shen Y, Fu Y, Zhang WH, Zhang L, Bhatt S, Mao Y, Zhu B
JMIR Public Health Surveill 2023 Apr 27;9:e42820. doi: 10.2196/42820. PMID: 37103994Free PMC Article
Amebiasis and Amebic Liver Abscess in Children.
Gupta S, Smith L, Diakiw A
Pediatr Clin North Am 2022 Feb;69(1):79-97. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.08.003. PMID: 34794678
Fulminant Amebic Colitis after Corticosteroid Therapy: A Systematic Review.
Shirley DA, Moonah S
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 Jul;10(7):e0004879. Epub 2016 Jul 28 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004879. PMID: 27467600Free PMC Article
Varied Clinical Manifestations of Amebic Colitis.
Cooper CJ, Fleming R, Boman DA, Zuckerman MJ
South Med J 2015 Nov;108(11):676-81. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000370. PMID: 26539949
Metronidazole.
Finegold SM
Ann Intern Med 1980 Oct;93(4):585-7. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-93-4-585. PMID: 7436193

Diagnosis

Amoebiasis: Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunology Features and the Interaction with the Intestinal Ecosystem.
Morán P, Serrano-Vázquez A, Rojas-Velázquez L, González E, Pérez-Juárez H, Hernández EG, Padilla MLA, Zaragoza ME, Portillo-Bobadilla T, Ramiro M, Ximénez C
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Jul 21;24(14) doi: 10.3390/ijms241411755. PMID: 37511519Free PMC Article
Review of zoonotic amebiasis: Epidemiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Li J, Cui Z, Li X, Zhang L
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:174-181. Epub 2021 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.021. PMID: 33676155
Amoebiasis.
Stanley SL Jr
Lancet 2003 Mar 22;361(9362):1025-34. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12830-9. PMID: 12660071
Intestinal amebae.
Leber AL
Clin Lab Med 1999 Sep;19(3):601-19, vii. PMID: 10549428
Protozoa. Amebiasis.
Li E, Stanley SL Jr
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1996 Sep;25(3):471-92. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70259-4. PMID: 8863036

Therapy

Review of zoonotic amebiasis: Epidemiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control.
Li J, Cui Z, Li X, Zhang L
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:174-181. Epub 2021 Feb 27 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.021. PMID: 33676155
Intestinal amoebiasis: 160 years of its first detection and still remains as a health problem in developing countries.
Carrero JC, Reyes-López M, Serrano-Luna J, Shibayama M, Unzueta J, León-Sicairos N, de la Garza M
Int J Med Microbiol 2020 Jan;310(1):151358. Epub 2019 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2019.151358. PMID: 31587966
Entamoeba Histolytica: Updates in Clinical Manifestation, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Development.
Kantor M, Abrantes A, Estevez A, Schiller A, Torrent J, Gascon J, Hernandez R, Ochner C
Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018;2018:4601420. Epub 2018 Dec 2 doi: 10.1155/2018/4601420. PMID: 30631758Free PMC Article
Amoebiasis.
Stanley SL Jr
Lancet 2003 Mar 22;361(9362):1025-34. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12830-9. PMID: 12660071
Metronidazole.
Finegold SM
Ann Intern Med 1980 Oct;93(4):585-7. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-93-4-585. PMID: 7436193

Prognosis

Varied Clinical Manifestations of Amebic Colitis.
Cooper CJ, Fleming R, Boman DA, Zuckerman MJ
South Med J 2015 Nov;108(11):676-81. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000370. PMID: 26539949
Computational and Practical Aspects of Drug Repositioning.
Oprea TI, Overington JP
Assay Drug Dev Technol 2015 Jul-Aug;13(6):299-306. doi: 10.1089/adt.2015.29011.tiodrrr. PMID: 26241209Free PMC Article
Amebic infection in humans.
Choudhuri G, Rangan M
Indian J Gastroenterol 2012 Jul;31(4):153-62. Epub 2012 Aug 19 doi: 10.1007/s12664-012-0192-2. PMID: 22903366
Amoebic dysentery.
Mackey-Lawrence NM, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477391Free PMC Article
Amebic peritonitis.
Monga NK, Sood S, Kaushik SP, Sachdeva HS, Sood KC, Datta DV
Am J Gastroenterol 1976 Oct;66(4):366-73. PMID: 998599

Clinical prediction guides

Spatiotemporal and Seasonal Trends of Class A and B Notifiable Infectious Diseases in China: Retrospective Analysis.
Zheng J, Zhang N, Shen G, Liang F, Zhao Y, He X, Wang Y, He R, Chen W, Xue H, Shen Y, Fu Y, Zhang WH, Zhang L, Bhatt S, Mao Y, Zhu B
JMIR Public Health Surveill 2023 Apr 27;9:e42820. doi: 10.2196/42820. PMID: 37103994Free PMC Article
Varied Clinical Manifestations of Amebic Colitis.
Cooper CJ, Fleming R, Boman DA, Zuckerman MJ
South Med J 2015 Nov;108(11):676-81. doi: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000370. PMID: 26539949
Amoebic dysentery.
Marie C, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2013 Aug 30;2013 PMID: 23991750Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Mackey-Lawrence NM, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477391Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Dans LF, Martínez EG
BMJ Clin Evid 2007 Jan 1;2007 PMID: 19454043Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Temperature and risk of infectious diarrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Liang M, Ding X, Wu Y, Sun Y
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021 Dec;28(48):68144-68154. Epub 2021 Jul 15 doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15395-z. PMID: 34268683
Fulminant Amebic Colitis after Corticosteroid Therapy: A Systematic Review.
Shirley DA, Moonah S
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016 Jul;10(7):e0004879. Epub 2016 Jul 28 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004879. PMID: 27467600Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Marie C, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2013 Aug 30;2013 PMID: 23991750Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Mackey-Lawrence NM, Petri WA Jr
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477391Free PMC Article
Amoebic dysentery.
Dans LF, Martínez EG
BMJ Clin Evid 2007 Jan 1;2007 PMID: 19454043Free PMC Article

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