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Amoebiasis, or amoebic dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by a parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. [3] [4] Amoebiasis can be present with no, mild, or severe symptoms. [2] Symptoms may include lethargy, loss of weight, colonic ulcerations, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or bloody diarrhea.
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .
[1] [10] Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. [2] [6] [11] Complications may include dehydration. [3] The cause of dysentery is usually the bacteria from genus Shigella, in which case it is known as shigellosis, or the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica; then it is called amoebiasis. [1]
The amoeba causes a life-threatening infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM. The infection is extremely rare, with 154 cases recorded in nearly 60 years of disease ...
Free-living amoebae (or "FLA") [1] are a group of protozoa that are important causes of infectious disease in humans and animals. Naegleria fowleri is often included in the group "free-living amoebae", [2] [3] and this species causes a usually fatal condition traditionally called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
This amoeba can be found naturally all over the environment — in lakes, rivers, seawater and soil. It can cause diseases of the skin and sinuses, and can infect the brain, where it can cause a ...
Onset of symptoms begins one to twelve days following exposure (with a median of five). [6] Initial symptoms include changes in taste and smell, headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, back pain, [10] and a stiff neck. Secondary symptoms are also meningitis-like including confusion, hallucinations, lack of attention, ataxia, cramp and seizures.