AMEBIASIS: CONTROLLED LINEAR STUDIES ON NONDYSENTERIC AND MILD HEPATIC FORMS IN EGYPTIANS
Authors: H L JONES, G CASSIS, T M FLOYD, N S MANSOUR
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 April 1955AMEBIASIS: CONTROLLED LINEAR STUDIES ON NONDYSENTERIC AND MILD HEPATIC FORMS IN EGYPTIANSH. LEONARD JONES JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., GAMIL CASSIS, M.B., B. Ch., THOMAS M. FLOYD, B.S., M.S., N. S. MANSOUR, B.SC.H. LEONARD JONES JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, GAMIL CASSIS, M.B., B. Ch.Search for more papers by this author, THOMAS M. FLOYD, B.S., M.S.Search for more papers by this author, N. S. MANSOUR, B.SC.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-4-763 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the early part of this century many experienced observers—Osler,1Councilman,2Musgrave,3Craig,4to mention only a few—have noted the absence of a history of appreciable diarrhea or any dysentery in many cases of amebiasis which eventually prove to be severe or even fatal. Recently, Radke5analyzed 68 fatal cases with adequate clinical data in which amebiasis at autopsy was the primary cause of death, and pointed out that the clinical diagnosis was incorrect in 76%. Snell,6among others, has pointed to the preponderance of amebic lesions in the right half of the colon as the explanation of why so...Bibliography1. OslerChristianMcCrae WHAT: Principles and practice of medicine, 13th ed., 1938, D. Appleton-Century Co., New York. Google Scholar2. CouncilmanLafleur WTHA: Amebic dysentery, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Rep. 2: 293, 1891. Google Scholar3. Musgrave WE: Intestinal amebiasis with diarrhea; study of 50 fatal cases, Philippine J. Sc. (B) 5: 229, 1910. Google Scholar4. Craig CF: The etiology, diagnosis and treatment of amebiasis, 1944, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar5. Radke RA: Amebiasis: some features of the disease revealed by the study of autopsy material from 96 cases, Gastroenterology 21: 525 (Aug.) 1952. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication August 19, 1954.The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the naval service at large.†Commander, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy.‡Fulbright Fellow, 1953-54, U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3.§Lieutenant Commander, Medical Service Corps, U. S. Navy, Head, Department of Bacteriology.**Department of Parasitology, U. S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEntamoeba Histolytica and Ulcerative ColitisAntigenic analysis of Entamoeba histolytica by means of fluorescent antibody II. E. histolytica and E. hartmanniSmall Race Entamoeba HistolyticaAmebiasisSHIGELLA BOYDII SEROTYPES IN EGYPTNUTRITION AND INTESTINAL PARASITISM 1 April 1955Volume 42, Issue 4Page: 763-785KeywordsAmebiasisColonDiarrheaDysenteryGraduate medical educationLesionsMedical servicesMycologyParasitologySerology Issue Published: 1 April 1955 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1955, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...