"Dysentery, Amebic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
DYSENTERY caused by intestinal amebic infection, chiefly with ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA. This condition may be associated with amebic infection of the LIVER and other distant sites.
| Descriptor ID |
D004404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.432.396 C03.752.049.328 C06.405.205.331.312 C06.405.469.300.312 C06.405.469.452.396
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| Concept/Terms |
Dysentery, Amebic- Dysentery, Amebic
- Amebic Dysentery
- Amebic Dysenteries
- Dysenteries, Amebic
- Amebiasis, Intestinal
- Amebiases, Intestinal
- Intestinal Amebiases
- Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica Infection
- Amoebiasis, Intestinal
- Amoebiases, Intestinal
- Intestinal Amoebiases
- Intestinal Amoebiasis
- Amoebic Colitis
- Amoebic Colitides
- Colitides, Amoebic
- Colitis, Amoebic
- Amoebic Dysentery
- Amoebic Dysenteries
- Dysenteries, Amoebic
- Dysentery, Amoebic
- Colitis, Amebic
- Amebic Colitides
- Amebic Colitis
- Colitides, Amebic
- Intestinal Amebiasis
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dysentery, Amebic" by people in Profiles.
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Infectious diarrhea. Pathogenesis and risk factors. Am J Med. 1985 Jun 28; 78(6B):65-75.
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Studies of human amebiasis. II. Light and electron-microscopic observations of colonic mucosa and exudate in acute amebic colitis. Gastroenterology. 1973 Oct; 65(4):588-603.