THE MANAGEMENT OF AMEBIASIS
Authors: Michael M. Karl, Fred R. Sloan
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 November 1946THE MANAGEMENT OF AMEBIASISMICHAEL M. KARL, M.D., FRED R. SLOANMICHAEL M. KARL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRED R. SLOANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-5-789 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe return of thousands of American troops from remote regions of the world where amebic dysentery is highly endemic makes it imperative that physicians throughout the United States acquaint themselves with the problems that arise in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. To what proportions this menace might rise is indicated by the statistical reports from the comparatively small India-Burma Theater. Surveys of American troops in the Calcutta area reveal an incidence of amebiasis of 23 per cent.1In Myitkyina, Burma, 18.3 per cent of the troops were found to have the parasites in their stools.2When it is...Bibliography1. BLUMENTHAL HT, Major, M.C., Commanding Officer, 29th Medical Laboratory: Unpublished Data. Google Scholar2. STEER A, Major, M.C., Chief of the Laboratory, 18th General Hospital: Unpublished Data. Google Scholar3. STITTCLOUGHCLOUGH ERPWMC: Practical bacteriology, haematology, and animal parasitology, p. 413, 1942. Google Scholar4. STRONG RP: Stitt's Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of tropical disease, p. 501, 510, 1943. Google Scholar5. MANSON-BAHR P: The dysenteric disorders, 1939, p. 196. Google Scholar6. NAPIER LE: The principles and practices of tropical medicine, 1943, p. 444. Google Scholar7. ROGERS L: Amebic liver abscess, Lancet, 1922, i, 463. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. PALMER RE: Changes in the liver in amebic dysentery with special reference to the origin of amebic abscess, Arch. Path., 1938, xxv, 327. Google Scholar9. MELENEY HE: The pathology of amebiasis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 1213. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SODEMANLEWIS WABO: Amebic hepatitis, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1945, xxv, 35. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. ROGERSELSOM AMKA: Amebiasis as seen in an army general hospital in Assam, Field Med. Bull., USA, IBT, 1945, iv, 316. Google Scholar12. D'ANTONI JS: Amebic and bacillary colitis in the New Orleans area, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1942, xxii, 319. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. FAUSTSAWITZTOBIEODOMPERESLINCICOME ECWJVCD: Comparative efficiency of various techniques for the diagnosis of protozoa and helminth in feces, Jr. Parasitol., 1939, xxv, 241. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. PASCHAL HW: A modified rapid staining technique for intestinal parasites, to be published. Google Scholar15. MANSON-BAHR P: Amebic dysentery, Lancet, 1944, ii, 718. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. MANSON-BAHR P: Treatment of amebic dysentery, British Med. Jr., 1941, ii, 255. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. LEISHMAN AW: A year of military medicine in India, Lancet, 1944, ii, 231. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. BARRINARITAS HR: Compt. rend. Soc. d. biol., cxxx, 495, quoted from 15. Google Scholar19. DAVID NA: Uncontrolled use of oral amebicides, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1945, cxxix, 572. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. ADAMS AR: Amebiasis with special reference to treatment, Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg., 1945, xxxviii, 237. Google Scholar21. NAUSSRAPPAPORT RWI: Studies in amebiasis: I. Pathogenesis of mucosal penetration, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1940, xxvi, 107. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22. PAYNE AM: Amebic dysentery in Eastern India, Lancet, 1945, i, 206. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. SAPERO JJ: Clinical studies in non-dysenteric intestinal amebiasis, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1939, xix, 497. CrossrefGoogle Scholar24. LOWE J, Professor of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta: Personal Communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: M.C.*Received for publication March 21, 1946.†Instructor in Clinical Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byANTIBIOTICS AND AMŒBIC DYSENTERYTreatment of Amebiasis 1 November 1946Volume 25, Issue 5Page: 789-798KeywordsAmebiasisDysenteryStatistical data ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 November 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...