JANUARY,2004 

AMOEBIASIS  

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

8367.      Chen TL, Chan CC, Chen HP, Fung CP, Lin CP, Chan WL, Liu CY. Clinical characteristics and endoscopic findings associated with Blastocystis hominis in healthy adults. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Aug;69(2):213-6.

8368.      Grossniklaus HE, Waring GO 4th, Akor C, Castellano-Sanchez AA, Bennett K.  Evaluation of hematoxylin and eosin and special stains for the detection of acanthamoeba keratitis in penetrating keratoplasties. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Sep;136(3):520-6.

8369.      Pasricha G, Sharma S, Garg P, Aggarwal RK.  Use of 18S rRNA gene-based PCR assay for diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis in non-contact lens wearers in India. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jul;41(7):3206-11.

8370.      Sheerin SN, Sehgal R, Dubey ML, Malla N. Identification of Entamoeba histolytica / Entamoeba dispar in stool samples by a monoclonal antibody based ELISA. J Parasitic Dis. 2001; 25(2): 106-07.

8371.      Tachibana H, Watanabe K, Cheng XJ, Tsukamoto H, Kaneda Y, Takeuchi T, Ihara S, Petri WA Jr.  VH3 gene usage in neutralizing human antibodies specific for the Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin heavy subunit. Infect Immun. 2003 Aug;71(8):4313-9.

Pathogenesis:

 8372.      Chen TL, Chan CC, Chen HP, Fung CP, Lin CP, Chan WL, Liu CY.  Clinical characteristics and endoscopic findings associated with Blastocystis hominis in healthy adults. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Aug;69(2):213-6.

8373.      Perez-Santonja JJ, Kilvington S, Hughes R, Tufail A, Matheson M, Dart JK.  Persistently culture positive acanthamoeba keratitis: in vivo resistance and in vitro sensitivity. Ophthalmology. 2003 Aug;110(8):1593-600.

8374.      Satish S, Bakre AA, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A. Stress-dependent expression of a polymorphic, charged antigen in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Infect Immun. 2003 Aug;71(8):4472-86.

        Therapy:

8375. Zhang Z, Mahajan S, Zhang X, Stanley SL Jr.  Tumor necrosis factor alpha is a key mediator of gut inflammation seen in amebic colitis in human intestine in the SCID mouse-human intestinal xenograft model of disease. Infect Immun. 2003 Sep;71(9):5355-9.

 

aPRIL, 2004 

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.

JULY, 2004 

9601.     Goncalves ML, da Silva VL, de Andrade CM, Reinhard K, da Rocha GC, Le Bailly M, Bouchet F, Ferreira LF, Araujo A. Amoebiasis distribution in the past: first steps using an immunoassay technique. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Feb;98(2):88-91.

9602.    Lawson LL, Bailey JW, Beeching NJ, Gurgel RG, Cuevas LE. The stool examination reports amoeba cysts: should you treat in the face of over diagnosis and lack of specificity of light microscopy? Trop Doct. 2004 Jan;34(1):28-30.

9603.    Sawada Y, Yuan C, Huang AJ. Impression cytology in the diagnosis of acanthamoeba keratitis with surface involvement. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 Feb;137(2):323-8.

9604.    Tachibana H, Cheng XJ, Masuda G, Horiki N, Takeuchi T. Evaluation of recombinant fragments of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin intermediate subunit for serodiagnosis of amebiasis. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Mar;42(3):1069-74.

9605.    Tachibana H, Takekoshi M, Cheng XJ, Nakata Y, Takeuchi T, Ihara S. Bacterial expression of a human monoclonal antibody-alkaline phosphatase conjugate specific for Entamoeba histolytica. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2004 Jan;11(1):216-8.

Pathogenesis:

9606.    Aksoy U, Ustun S, Dagci H, Yazar S. Effects of Cd(+2), Cu(+2), Ba(+2) and Co(+2) ions on Entamoeba histolytica cysts. World J Gastroenterol. 2004 Feb 1;10(3):449-51.

9607.    Duggal P, Haque R, Roy S, Mondal D, Sack RB, Farr BM, Beaty TH, Petri WA Jr. Influence of human leukocyte antigen class II alleles on susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica infection in Bangladeshi children. J Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 1;189(3):520-6. Epub 2004 Jan 20.

9608.    Kumagai M, Makioka A, Takeuchi T, Nozaki T. Molecular cloning and characterization of a protein farnesyltransferase from the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jan 16;279(3):2316-23. Epub 2003 Oct 28.

   Therapy:

9609.      Ghosh S, Chan JM, Lea CR, Meints GA, Lewis JC, Tovian ZS, Flessner RM, Loftus TC, Bruchhaus I, Kendrick H, Croft SL, Kemp RG, Kobayashi S, Nozaki T, Oldfield E.   Effects of bisphosphonates on the growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium species in vitro and in vivo. J Med Chem. 2004 Jan 1;47(1):175-87.

 

OCTOBER, 2004 

10300.  Barbosa-Sabanero G, Avila EE. Recognition of Entamoeba histolytica 115-kDa surface protein by human secretory immunoglobulin A antibodies from asymptomatic carriers. J Parasitol. 2004 Apr;90(2):373-8.

10301.  Biser SA, Perry HD, Donnenfeld ED, Doshi SJ, Chaturvedi V. Arthrographis keratitis mimicking acanthamoeba keratitis. Cornea. 2004 Apr;23(3):314-7.

10302.  Stockinger ZT. Colonic ameboma: its appearance on CT: report of a case. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 Apr;47(4):527-9.

10303.  Yu HS, Kong HH, Kim SY, Hahn YH, Hahn TW, Chung DI. Laboratory investigation of Acanthamoeba lugdunensis from patients with keratitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 May;45(5):1418-26.

             Pathogenesis:

10304.  Misra SP, Misra V, Dwivedi M, Singh PA, Barthwal R. Factors influencing colonic involvement in patients with amebic liver abscess. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Apr;59(4):512-6.

10305.  Yakoob J, Jafri W, Jafri N, Khan R, Islam M, Beg MA, Zaman V. Irritable bowel syndrome: in search of an etiology: role of Blastocystis hominis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Apr;70(4):383-5.

             Vaccines:

10306.  Martinez-Lopez C, Orozco E, Sanchez T, Garcia-Perez RM, Hernandez-Hernandez F, Rodriguez MA. The EhADH112 recombinant polypeptide inhibits cell destruction and liver abscess formation by Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. Cell Microbiol. 2004 Apr;6(4):367-76.

             Therapy:

10307.  Mathers WD. Acanthamoeba: a difficult pathogen to evaluate and treat. Cornea. 2004 May;23(4):325.

10308.  Ehlers N, Hjortdal J. Are cataract and iris atrophy toxic complications of medical treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis? Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2004 Apr;82(2):228-31.

 

JANUARY,2004 

Ascariasis

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

8376.      MIR IA, Wani NA, Ahangar AG. Patnaik R, Khalida S. Sonographic appearance in intestinal ascariasis. JK Practnr 2002; 9(4): 234-5.

8377.      Nishie M, Tomiyama M, Kamijo M, Kannari K, Tanosaki M, Baba M, Matsunaga M, Suda T.  Acute cholecystitis and duodenitis associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome. Hepatogastroenterology. 2003 Jul-Aug;50(52):998-1002.

Pathogenesis:

8378.      Hosain GM, Saha S, Begum A.  Impact of sanitation and health education on intestinal parasite infection among primary school aged children of Sherpur, Bangladesh. Trop Doct. 2003 Jul;33(3):139-43. 

8379.  Tsuji N, Suzuki K, Kasuga-Aoki H, Isobe T, Arakawa T, Matsumoto Y.  Mice intranasally immunized with a recombinant 16-kilodalton antigen from roundworm Ascaris parasites are protected against larval migration of Ascaris suum. Infect Immun. 2003 Sep;71(9):5314-23.

 

APRIL,2004

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.

 

JULY, 2004

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:  

9610.         Hershkovitz D, Wasserberg N. Large bowel obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides. Isr Med Assoc J. 2004 Feb;6(2):115-6.

Pathogenesis:

9611.       Rauniyar RK, Agrawal CS, Baboo S, Singh RK, Sharma U, Rao JS. Live ascariasis of gall bladder and bile duct: clinical and radiological features. Trop Doct. 2004 Jan;34(1):46-8.

Therapy:

9612.   Van den Biggelaar AH, Rodrigues LC, van Ree R, van der Zee JS, Hoeksma-Kruize YC, Souverijn JH, Missinou MA, Borrmann S, Kremsner PG, Yazdanbakhsh M. Long-term treatment of intestinal helminths increases mite skin-test reactivity in Gabonese schoolchildren. J Infect Dis. 2004 Mar 1;189(5):892-900.

 

october, 2004

10309.  Ghadimi R, Mohamadnejad M, Mirbagheri SA. Images in medicine. Biliary ascariasis. Hosp Med. 2004 May;65(5):307.

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