Amoebiasis

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Test: Faeces 11/1/C/S (+ Entamoeba histolytica), colonic biopsy (+), specific antimicrobial antibodies (+) Sign: Diarrhoea, fever, abdominal tenderness, abdomi- nal rebound

Sign:

Dd: Ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, bacterial dysen-tery, gastroenteritis, Grohn's disease, carcinoma Phys: Infection of bowel by E. histolytica

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