AMOEBIASIS and Ascariasis  

AMOEBIASIS

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

5925.      Garcia LS, Shimizu RY, Bernard CN. Detection of Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar, and Cryptosporidium parvum antigens in human fecal specimens using the triage parasite panel enzyme immunoassay. J Clin Microbiol  2000 Sep;38(9):3337-40

5926.      Misra A, Agrahari D, Gupta R. Cullen's sign in amoebic liver abscess. Postgrad Med J  2002 Jul;78(921):427-8

5927.      Schunk M, Jelinek T, Wetzel K, Nothdurft HD. Detection of Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica in stool samples by two enzyme immunoassays. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis  2001 Jun;20(6):389-91

5928.      Sharp SE, Suarez CA, Duran Y, Poppiti RJ. Evaluation of the Triage Micro Parasite Panel for detection of Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar, and Cryptosporidium parvum in patient stool specimens. J Clin Microbiol  2001 Jan;39(1):332-4

Pathogenesis:

5929.      Haque R, Duggal P, Ali IM, Hossain MB, Mondal D, Sack RB, Farr BM, Beaty TH, Petri WA Jr. Innate and acquired resistance to amebiasis in bangladeshi children. J Infect Dis  2002 Aug 15;186(4):547-52

5930.      Khan NA, Jarroll EL, Paget TA. Molecular and physiological differentiation between pathogenic and nonpathogenic Acanthamoeba. Curr Microbiol  2002 Sep;45(3):197-202

5931.      Rivera MA, Padhya TA. Acanthamoeba: a rare primary cause of rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope  2002 Jul;112(7 Pt 1):1201-3

5932.      Schuster FL. Cultivation of pathogenic and opportunistic free-living amebas. Clin Microbiol Rev  2002 Jul;15(3):342-54.

Therapy:

5933.      Kumar R, Lloyd D. Recent advances in the treatment of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Clin Infect Dis  2002 Aug 15;35(4):434-41

5934.      Steinberg JP, Galindo RL, Kraus ES, Ghanem KG. Disseminated acanthamebiasis in a renal transplant recipient with osteomyelitis and cutaneous lesions: case report and literature review. Clin Infect Dis  2002 Sep 1;35(5):e43-9

5935.      Wiwanitkit V, Suwansaksri N, Suwansaksri J. Causative agents of liver abscess in those with liver cirrhosis: a 10-year case review of hospitalized patients in Thailand. Ann Trop Med Parasitol  2002 Jul;96(5):513-6

Ascariasis

5936.   Correa-Oliveira R, Golgher DB, Oliveira GC, Carvalho OS, Massara CL, Caldas IR, Colley DG, Gazzinelli G. Infection with Schistosoma mansoni correlates with altered immune responses to Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm. Acta Trop  2002 Aug;83(2):123-32

5937.   Nishiura H, Imai H, Nakao H, Tsukino H, Changazi MA, Hussain GA, Kuroda Y, Katoh T. Ascaris lumbricoides among children in rural communities in the Northern Area, Pakistan: prevalence, intensity, and associated socio-cultural and behavioral risk factors. Acta Trop  2002 Sep;83(3):223-31

Pathogenesis:

5938.   Howard SC, Donnelly CA, Kabatereine NB, Ratard RC, Brooker S. Spatial and intensity-dependent variations in associations between multiple species helminth infections. Acta Trop  2002 Aug;83(2):141-9

5939.   Odigie VI, Yusufu LM, Yakubu AA, Bello A. Nasogastric tube obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides. Trop Doct  2002 Jul;32(3):176-7

Therapy

5940.   Nishiura H, Imai H, Nakao H, Tsukino H, Changazi MA, Hussain GA, Kuroda Y, Katoh Odigie VI, Yusufu LM, Yakubu AA, Bello A. Nasogastric tube obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides. Trop Doct  2002 Jul;32(3):176-7

5941.   Savage AR. Providing nursing care for a Chagga client of Tanzania. J Transcult Nurs  2002 Jul;13(3):248-53

5942.   T. Ascaris lumbricoides among children in rural communities in the Northern Area,Pakistan: prevalence, intensity, and associated socio-cultural and behavioral risk factors. Acta Trop  2002 Sep;83(3):223-31