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  • Title: [Amebiasis. Has its clinical expression changed?].
    Author: Tanimoto Weki M, Sigler Morales L, Treviño García-Manzo N, Gallardo-Angulo VE, Pérez-Roa J.
    Journal: Rev Gastroenterol Mex; 1989; 54(3):163-6. PubMed ID: 2554463.
    Abstract:
    In Mexico, like in other countries, there is an special interest for amebiasis because it represents a Public health problem; there are about 5 million people that in some time of their lives had tissue invasion by this parasite. 1-2% of mexicanas have intestinal amebiasis and probably there are 850,000 to 1,700,000 carriers of entamoeba cysts. 6% of the general population have circulating antiameba antibodies. In 1988 we studied the amebic hepatic abscess seen in the hospitals of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in the Valley of Mexico. During that year there were 396 patients with such illness (0.19% of hospital admissions) with a 1.01% mortality. Comparing this data with reports of 1969 there was a reduction in the number of patients and deaths. Also amebiasis has decreased in autopsy studies. However, we have not found recent variations in the clinical behavior of amebiasis. Advances in diagnostic methods and more liberal use of metronidazole have reduced the number of severely ill patients.
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