TY - JOUR
T1 - Symptomatic and asymptomatic amoebiasis in two heterosexual couples
AU - Gatti, S.
AU - Cevini, C.
AU - Bernuzzi, A. M.
AU - Bruno, A.
AU - Scaglia, M.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Four cases of amoebiasis are described: two symptomatic with intestinal and hepatic involvement and two asymptomatic, diagnosed in two, heterosexual, Italian couples. Infection was probably acquired first by the men, via an indirect faecal-oral route, and then transmitted to their partners in the same way. The two amoebic strains isolated, from the woman of one couple and the man of the other, were characterized by electrophoresis as zymodemes II α- and XIX of Entamoeba histolytica. These four cases emphasise once more the role of cyst-passers in the spread of infection and the importance of biochemical identification of the amoebic isolates, enabling more specific treatment.
AB - Four cases of amoebiasis are described: two symptomatic with intestinal and hepatic involvement and two asymptomatic, diagnosed in two, heterosexual, Italian couples. Infection was probably acquired first by the men, via an indirect faecal-oral route, and then transmitted to their partners in the same way. The two amoebic strains isolated, from the woman of one couple and the man of the other, were characterized by electrophoresis as zymodemes II α- and XIX of Entamoeba histolytica. These four cases emphasise once more the role of cyst-passers in the spread of infection and the importance of biochemical identification of the amoebic isolates, enabling more specific treatment.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10715677
AN - SCOPUS:0033387756
VL - 93
SP - 829
EP - 834
JO - Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
JF - Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
SN - 0003-4983
IS - 8
ER -