AMOEBIASIS and Ascariasis  

AMOEBIASIS

              ( SEVAMED 2003)

(Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis, Immunodiagnostics, Vaccines & Drugs)

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January 2003

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

April 2003

6545.   Mahajan R C, Vohra V, Sehgal R, Ganguly N K. Immunodiagnosis  of amoebiasis. Proc natn Acad Sci India –Sect b 2000 ,70(3-4),189-96.

6546.   McCarthy JS, Peacock D, Trown KP, Bade P, Petri Jr WA, Currie BJ. Endemic invasive amoebiasis in northern Australia. Med J Aust  2002 Nov 18;177(10):570

Pathogenesis:

6547.   Zhang Z, Duchene M, Stanley SL Jr. A monoclonal antibody to the amebic lipophosphoglycan-proteophosphoglycan antigens can prevent disease in human intestinal xenografts infected with Entamoeba histolytica. Infect Immun  2002 Oct;70(10):5873-6

July 2003 

7093. McGarr PL, Madiba TE, Thomson SR, Corr P. Amoebic liver abscess--results of a conservative management policy. S Afr Med J  2003 Feb;93(2):132-6

7094. Schwarzwald H, Shah P, Hicks J, Levy M, Wagner ML, Kline MW. Disseminated Acanthamoeba infection in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J  2003 Feb;22(2):197-9

7095. Stanley SL Jr. Amoebiasis. Lancet  2003 Mar 22;361(9362):1025-34.

Pathogenesis:

7096. Kumar CS, Anand Kumar H, Sunita V, Kapur I. Prevalence of anemia and worm infestation in school going girls at Gulbargha, Karnataka. Indian Pediatr  2003 Jan;40(1):70-2

Oct 2003

7793.Ali IK, Hossain MB, Roy S, Ayeh-Kumi PF, Petri WA Jr, Haque R, Clark CG. Entamoeba moshkovskii infections in children, Bangladesh. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May;9(5):580-4. 

7794.Haque R, Huston CD, Hughes M, Houpt E, Petri WA Jr. Amebiasis. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 17;348(16):1565-73. 

7795.Haseeb AN, el-Shazly AM, Arafa MA, Morsy AT. Evaluation of excretory/secretory Fasciola (Fhes) antigen in diagnosis of human fascioliasis. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2003 Apr;33(1):123-38. 

7796.Hoda SA, Ali A. Images in pathology. Food for thought! Vegetable cells in histopathological sections. Int J Surg Pathol. 2003 Apr;11(2):120. 

       Pathogenesis:

7797.Marciano-Cabral F, Cabral G. Acanthamoeba spp. as agents of disease in humans. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2003 Apr;16(2):273-307. 

7798.Zardawi IM, Kattampallil JS, Rode JW. Amoebic appendicitis. Med J Aust. 2003 May 19;178(10):523-4. 

      Therapy:

7799.Ooi BS, Seow-Choen F. Endoscopic view of rectal amebiasis mimicking a carcinoma. Tech Coloproctol. 2003 Apr;7(1):51-3. 

ASCARIASIS

( SEVAMED 2003)

(Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis, Immunodiagnostics, Pathogenesis, Vaccines & Drugs)

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  January 2003

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

April 2003

 July 2003

7097.   Belizario VY, Amarillo ME, de Leon WU, de los Reyes AE, Bugayong MG, Macatangay BJ. A comparison of the efficacy of single doses of albendazole, ivermectin, and diethylcarbamazine alone or in combinations against Ascaris and Trichuris spp. Bull World Health Organ  2003;81(1):35-42

7098.   Zargar SA, Javid G, Khan BA, Yattoo GN, Shah AH, Gulzar GM, Singh J, Rehman BU, ud-din Z. Endoscopic sphincterotomy in the management of bile duct stones in children. Am J Gastroenterol  2003 Mar;98(3):586-9

Pathogenesis:

7099.   Ash LR. Ascaris lumbricoides? South Med J  2003 Jan;96(1):101-2

October 2003 

7800.   Araki T, Tada S, Ueno N, Suko H, Yoneda Y, Matsumoto T. Gastric ascariasis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2003 Apr;57(4):565. 

7801.   Chawla A, Patwardhan V, Maheshwari M, Wasnik A. Primary ascaridial perforation of the small intestine: Sonographic diagnosis. J Clin Ultrasound. 2003 May;31(4):211-3.

7802.   de Silva NR. Impact of mass chemotherapy on the morbidity due to soil-transmitted nematodes. Acta Trop. 2003 May;86(2-3):197-214. 

7803.   Montresor A, Awasthi S, Crompton DW. Use of benzimidazoles in children younger than 24 months for the treatment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis. : Acta Trop. 2003 May;86(2-3):223-32. 

7804.   Pirlich M, Schachschal G, Wermke W. Image of the month. Gastroenterology. 2003 Apr;124(4):879, 1171.  

Pathogenesis:

7805.   Gastric ascariasis. Araki T, Tada S, Ueno N, Suko H, Yoneda Y, Matsumoto T. Gastrointest Endosc. 2003 Apr;57(4):565. 

Therapy:

7806.   Cooper PJ, Chico ME, Rodrigues LC, Ordonez M, Strachan D, Griffin GE, Nutman TB. Reduced risk of atopy among school-age children infected with geohelminth parasites in a rural area of the tropics. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2003 May;111(5):995-1000. 

7807. Miller G, Schecter WP, Harris HW. Gallbladder ascariasis in a patient with severe pancreatitis. Surgery. 2003 Apr;133(4):445-6.