BACKGROUND: Invasive amebiasis is not frequently seen in the United States. It is associated with considerable morbidity in @entity1 residing in or traveling to endemic areas. We report a case series of @entity1 with @entity16126 in a United States-Mexico border city to alert physicians to the varied clinical manifestations. CASE PRESENTATION: Nine @entity1 were diagnosed with @entity16126 . Mean age was 56 (38-83), 6 were males, and all were Hispanic. Common symptoms were @entity294 (56  %), @entity360 (33  %) and abdominal bloating (11  %). The diagnosis of @entity16126 was established in the following ways: 8 @entity1 by colonoscopy with biopsy, 1 by surgery for @entity694 . The diagnosis of @entity16126 was confirmed in 8 @entity1 (89  %) by amebic trophozoites present in histopathologic sections. One @entity1 was diagnosed with @entity16126 based upon clinical symptoms, @entity1960 on colonoscopy and visualization of amebic trophozoites on stool examination. In the 8 @entity1 in whom colonoscopy was done, 6 (75  %) had @entity32 with rectosigmoid involvement and 5 (62.5  %) had @entity1066 . Infection resolved after treatment with @entity868 in most @entity1 ; however, one @entity1 developed a @entity5572 and another had a colonic perforation and later developed a @entity5572 . CONCLUSION: The occurrence of @entity16126 in this United States-Mexico border city hospital population was low, but in some cases potentially life-threatening. Physicians should be alert to the less common presentations of @entity16126 , such as overt @entity360 , exacerbation of @entity29 , and the incidental finding of association with @entity694 , or a surgical abdomen. Rectosigmoid involvement was typically found on colonoscopy.

Clinical manifestations and endoscopic findings of XXXX in a United States-Mexico border city: a case series.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity32 :: ('MESH:D007249', 'Disease') :: ['inflammation'] @entity5572 :: ('MESH:D008100', 'Disease') :: ['liver abscess'] @entity868 :: ('MESH:D008795', 'Chemical') :: ['metronidazole'] @entity294 :: ('MESH:D003967', 'Disease') :: ['diarrhea'] @entity1066 :: ('MESH:D014456', 'Disease') :: ['ulcerations'] @entity16126 :: ('MESH:D004404', 'Disease') :: ['amebic colitis'] @entity29 :: ('MESH:D015212', 'Disease') :: ['inflammatory bowel disease'] @entity1960 :: ('MESH:D003092', 'Disease') :: ['colitis'] @entity694 :: ('MESH:D003110', 'Disease') :: ['colon cancer', 'colonic obstruction'] @entity360 :: ('MESH:D006471', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal bleeding', 'hematochezia']
@entity16126 :: (MESH:D004404,Disease) :: ['amebic colitis']
