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. 1997 Aug;35(8):2168–2169. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2168-2169.1997

Invasive amoebiasis in two patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus colitis.

G Fätkenheuer 1, G Arnold 1, H M Steffen 1, C Franzen 1, M Schrappe 1, V Diehl 1, B Salzberger 1
PMCID: PMC229929  PMID: 9230408

Abstract

Homosexual persons or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients frequently excrete cysts of nonpathogenic strains of Entamoeba histolytica ("Entamoeba dispar"). However, invasive amoebiasis is rare. We report two patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus colitis in whom invasive amoebiasis was histologically diagnosed. It is concluded that E. histolytica has to be considered in HIV-infected patients with colitis.

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