Amebiasis
DDx
Diarrhea or dysentery
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Giardiasis
- Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Lactase deficiency
- Cryptosporidiosis, cyclosporiasis
- Pyogenic liver abscess
- Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)
- Cholecystitis or cholangitis
- Acute hepatitis
- Appendicitis
- Right lower lobe pneumonia
- Pancreatitis
- Liver mass, e.g., hepatocellular carcinoma
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Amebiasis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. 5-Minute Clinical Consult, www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114878/all/Amebiasis.
Zeiger RFR. Amebiasis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114878/all/Amebiasis. Accessed May 27, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Amebiasis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114878/all/Amebiasis
Zeiger RFR. Amebiasis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 May 27]. Available from: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114878/all/Amebiasis.
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