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chronic intestinal amebiasis (amebic colitis)
Clinical manifestations:
1) intermittent symptoms
2) mild, crampy abdominal pain
3) diarrhea containing mucus or blood
4) fever
5) tenderness of cecum & ascending colon during cramping
6) liver tenderness (amebic hepatitis)
7) friction rub with liver abscess (5% of symptomatic patients)
Laboratory:
- see amebiasis
Special laboratory:
- see amebiasis
Radiology: -see amebiasis
Management:
- see amebiasis
General
amebiasis
chronic infection (chronic infectious disease)