Fulminant amebic colitis: A rare and elusive complication

Intestinal amebiasis remains asymptomatic in 90% of cases. Only 4%–10% of individuals monitored for 1 year develop colitis. Amebic colitis evolves to fulminant colitis or rupture in 0.5% of cases. In such scenario, mortality exceeds 50%. We report the case of a 55-year-old male who presented with si...

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Published in:Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal
Main Authors: Adil Aziz Khan, R Naveen Kumar, Sheetal Arora, Sunil Ranga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Subjects:
amebic colitis
fulminant
periodic acid–schiff
trophozoites
Online Access:http://www.bmbtrj.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9834;year=2022;volume=6;issue=4;spage=591;epage=593;aulast=Khan

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