Fulminant necrotizing amoebic colitis.

Authors: Arora A,Sandip S,Mukund A,Patidar Y,
Address: Department of Radiology, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, D-1, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India. aroradrankur@yahoo.com
Journal: Travel Med Infect Dis.

Publication: 2012 Sep;10(5-6):270-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.03.009. Epub 2012 May 26.

abstract

The emergence of amoebiasis is of great public health concern since it has the potential to become endemic in developed nations essentially due to increased travel to endemic areas, emigration of people from affected nations and increase in the HIV-AIDS population. Fulminant necrotizing amoebic colitis is a rare and relatively less-known form of amoebiasis typically associated with very high morbidity and mortality, as is presented in the current case.

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