"Dysentery, Amebic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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DYSENTERY caused by intestinal amebic infection, chiefly with ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA. This condition may be associated with amebic infection of the LIVER and other distant sites.
| Descriptor ID |
D004404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.432.396 C03.752.049.328 C06.405.205.331.312 C06.405.469.300.312 C06.405.469.452.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Dysentery, Amebic- Dysentery, Amebic
- Amebic Dysentery
- Amebic Dysenteries
- Dysenteries, Amebic
- Amebiasis, Intestinal
- Amebiases, Intestinal
- Intestinal Amebiases
- Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica Infection
- Amoebiasis, Intestinal
- Amoebiases, Intestinal
- Intestinal Amoebiases
- Intestinal Amoebiasis
- Amoebic Colitis
- Amoebic Colitides
- Colitides, Amoebic
- Colitis, Amoebic
- Amoebic Dysentery
- Amoebic Dysenteries
- Dysenteries, Amoebic
- Dysentery, Amoebic
- Colitis, Amebic
- Amebic Colitides
- Amebic Colitis
- Colitides, Amebic
- Intestinal Amebiasis
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dysentery, Amebic" by people in Profiles.
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The Brief Case: A Rare Case of Invasive Amebiasis Requiring Emergency Subtotal Colectomy in an HIV-Positive Man. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 08; 56(8).
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Persistent fever and right hypochondrium pain. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 18; 2017.
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Entamoeba histolytica infection in men who have sex with men. Lancet Infect Dis. 2012 Sep; 12(9):729-36.
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Cost-effectiveness of detection of intestinal amebiasis by using serology and specific-amebic-antigen assays among persons with or without human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Sep; 46(9):3077-9.