%0 Journal Article
%T Descripci¨®n de un caso de amebiasis en colon por E. Histolytica en el Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela
%A Cede£¿o-Cascante
%A Tatiana
%A Morera-Montero
%A Adriana
%J Revista Costarricense de Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%D 2006
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X this is a case of intestinal amebiasis presented at the san rafael de alajuela hospital, in a male patient of 42 years old, suffering from a bloody diarrhea, with an evolution of three weeks. also be has a diffuse abdominal pain, progressive loss of weight and appetite associated with asthenia, adynamia and difficulty passing stool. a colonoscopy with a biopsy was performed and revealed an intestinal inflammatory disease due to of the presence of trophozoites of entamoeba histolytica.
%K entamoeba histolytica
%K amebiasis
%K cysts
%K trophozoites.
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