The intestinal infection caused by amoeba is one of the three diarrhea causes appears to be a public health problem with high incidence in the community. Amebiasis is caused by Entamoeba histolytica, can be differentiated from non pathogen Entamoeba hartmanni and Entamoeba coli. Morphologically of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar are very similar. However, based on the diagnosis utili…
Arnebiasis is caused by £. tnstolytica. which is the only species pathogenic in humans, while the patbogeneicity of £. dispor and£. moshkuvskii is still unclear. The disease is endemic in the developing countries, mainly due to poor sanitation and lack of clean water supplies. Infection occurs by ingestion of£. histolytica cysts in fecally contaminated food or water. Excystation in the smal…
A retrospectif study has been done to inpatient in Wamena Hospital, during January 1988 - December 1990. Out of 2,160 inpatients, 235 were amebiasis (10.87 percent). From 235, 48.51 percent (114) of them were admidtted with amebiasis, while the rest were admitted with other diagnosis. Diagnosis for Amebiasis were latterly can formed after feces examination. The symptom were diarrhea (39.57 perc…