RT Book, Section
A1 Custodio, Haidee
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182904355
T1 Amebiasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904355
RD 2024/04/19
AB Amebiasis  denotes  the  disease  caused  solely  by  Entamoeba  histolytica,  although  there  are  2  other  morphologically  identical  Entamoeba  species  that  can  also  infect  humans—Entamoeba  dispar  and  Entamoeba  moshkovskii.  E  dispar  is  about  10  times  more  prevalent  than  E  histolytica  in  most  endemic  areas  for  amebiasis.  Recent  reports  suggest  that  infection  of  E  moshkovskii,  which  was  once  considered  a  free-living  amoeba,  is  also  common  in  some  parts  of  the  world  such  as  Bangladesh,  India,  and  Australia.  Most  cases  of  E  moshkovskii  infection  occur  concomitantly  with  E  dispar  or  E  histolytica  infections.  Free-living  amoebic  infections  are  discussed  in  Chapter  343.