RT Book, Section
A1 ALI, Ibne Karim M.
A1 Petri Jr., William A.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7031435
T1 Chapter 341. Amebiasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031435
RD 2023/09/23
AB Amebiasis  denotes  the  disease  caused  solely  by  Entamoeba  histolytica,  although  there  are  two  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.1  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  E  moshkovskii  infections  occur  concomitantly  with  E  dispar  or  E  histolytica  infections.  Neither  E  dispar  nor  E  moshkovskii  infections  are  associated  with  disease.2  Free-living  amoebic  infections  are  discussed  in  Chapter  348.