AMOEBIASIS and Ascariasis  

AMOEBIASIS  

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

8947.  Blessmann J, Binh HD, Hung DM, Tannich E, Burchard G. Treatment of amoebic liver abscess with metronidazole alone or in combination with ultrasound-guided needle aspiration: a comparative, prospective and randomized study. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Nov;8(11):1030-4.

8948.  Gelman BB, Popov V, Chaljub G, Nader R, Rauf SJ, Nauta HW, Visvesvara GS.  Neuropathological and ultrastructural features of amebic encephalitis caused by Sappinia diploidea. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2003 Oct;62(10):990-8.

8949.  Guven A.  Amebiasis in the newborn.  Indian J Pediat 2003; 70(5): 437-8.

8950.  Pisani F, Costa C, Oteri G, Loli A. Identification of amoebae in the CSF in a patient with meningoencephalitis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Oct;74(10):1445-6.

8951.  Reinhard T, Schilgen G, Steinert M, Hacker J, Sundmacher R. Nummular infiltrates in Acanthamoeba keratitis. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2003 Oct;81(5):541-3.

8952.  Singh RB, Bakshi N, Pavithran NM. Drainage of deep-seated amoebic liver abscess by Supra cath. Trop Doct. 2003 Oct;33(4):247-8.

8953.  Stauffer W, Ravdin JI. Entamoeba histolytica: an update. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;16(5):479-85.

8954.  Xuguang S, Lin C, Yan Z, Zhiqun W, Ran L, Shiyun L, Xiuying J. Acanthamoeba keratitis as a complication of orthokeratology. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Dec;136(6):1159-61.

Pathogenesis:

8955.  Haque R, Mondal D, Kirkpatrick BD, Akther S, Farr BM, Sack RB, Petri WA Jr.  Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of acute diarrhea with emphasis on Entamoeba histolytica infections in preschool children in an urban slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Oct;69(4):398-405.

8956.  Hurt M, Neelam S, Niederkorn J, Alizadeh H. Pathogenic Acanthamoeba spp secrete a mannose-induced cytolytic protein that correlates with the ability to cause disease. Infect Immun. 2003 Nov;71(11):6243-55.

8957.  Pisani F, Costa C, Oteri G, Loli A. Identification of amoebae in the CSF in a patient with meningoencephalitis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2003 Oct;74(10):1445-6.

8958.  Stauffer W, Ravdin JI. Entamoeba histolytica: an update. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;16(5):479-85. Review.

8959.  Xuguang S, Lin C, Yan Z, Zhiqun W, Ran L, Shiyun L, Xiuying J.  Acanthamoeba keratitis as a complication of orthokeratology. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Dec;136(6):1159-61.

Vaccines:

8960.  Stauffer W, Ravdin JI. Entamoeba histolytica: an update. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;16(5):479-85. Review.

Therapy:

8961.  Hurt M, Neelam S, Niederkorn J, Alizadeh H. Pathogenic Acanthamoeba spp secrete a mannose-induced cytolytic protein that correlates with the ability to cause disease. Infect Immun. 2003 Nov;71(11):6243-55.

8962.  Singh RB, Bakshi N, Pavithran NM. Drainage of deep-seated amoebic liver abscess by Supra cath. Trop Doct. 2003 Oct;33(4):247-8. 

8963. Stauffer W, Ravdin JI. Entamoeba histolytica: an update. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;16(5):479-85. Review.

 

Ascariasis

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

8964.          Alper F, Kantarci M, Bozkurt M, Ozturk G, Onbas O, Balik AA. Acute biliary obstruction caused by biliary ascaris in pregnancy: MR cholangiography findings. Clin Radiol. 2003 Nov;58(11):896-8.

8965.          Sheikh KA, Khan AH, Altaf R, Khanday ZS, Sham-ul-bari, Patnaik. Appendicular perforation due to ascariasis in children of Kashmir.  JK Practnr 2002; 9(1): 28-3.

Pathogenesis:

8966.          Tchuem Tchuente LA, Behnke JM, Gilbert FS, Southgate VR, Vercruysse J.  Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted helminth infections among school children in Loum, Cameroon. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Nov;8(11):975-86.

 

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