ALLMedicine™ Amebiasis Center

Dec 12th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. Amebic brain abscesses are a rare form of invasive amebiasis frequently lethal due to the difficulty of its diagnosis and inadequate treatment. Cerebral a...

Dec 7th, 2021 - Dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica affects millions of people annually. Current treatment regimens are based on metronidazole to treat invasive parasites combined with paromomycin for luminal parasites. Issues with treatment include signifi...

Dec 3rd, 2021 - This is a phase IIa, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blinded superiority treatment study in males and non-pregnant females, 18 to 65 years of age who are in good health. This study is designed to compare placebo to once daily doses of 6mg a...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Although rare in the developed world, amebiasis continues to be a leading cause of diarrhea and illness in developing nations with crowding, poor sanitation, and lack of clean water supply. Recent immigrants or travelers returning from endemic reg...

Oct 27th, 2021 - In this cross-sectional, international study, we aimed to analyze vector-borne and zoonotic infections (VBZI), which are significant global threats. VBZIs' data between May 20-28, 2018 was collected. The 24 Participatingcountries were classified a...

Dec 3rd, 2021 - This is a phase IIa, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blinded superiority treatment study in males and non-pregnant females, 18 to 65 years of age who are in good health. This study is designed to compare placebo to once daily doses of 6mg a...

Oct 26th, 2021 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV) and has developed into a pandemic with serious global public health and economic sequelae. As of June 30, 2020 over 10,000,...

Apr 28th, 2017 - Auranofin is a gold-containing chemical salt, granted as an orphan drug status for use in the treatment of amebiasis. Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoon Entamoeba histolytica. It affects about ten percent of the world's pop...

Feb 3rd, 2009 - HIV-infected persons who are men having sex with men (MSM) are prone to acquire invasive amebiasis. It would cast great threat for public health if the pathogens are spread by way of human to human transmission and food contamination. From 2000 to...

Aug 21st, 2006 - The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of nitazoxanide suspension in treating diarrhea caused by Entamoeba histolytica in children.

Jul 28th, 2014 - Mr. Dowell: Are there other factors that can make it difficult to diagnose cyclosporiasis? Dr. Herwaldt: Diagnosing cyclosporiasis can be difficult, in part because even persons who have profuse diarrhea might not shed enough Cyclospora parasites ...

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an idiopathic, progressive, ulcerative skin disease. Half of all cases are associated with identifiable systemic diseases including arthritis,1 hepatitis,2 blood dyscrasia,3 and immunosuppression.

BETHESDA, MD. — Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in gay men might be associated with drug use and low levels of hygiene, especially after having sex.