Table 1.

Review of amebiasis cases reported in Japan between 1995 and 2013, including the present case STI, sexually transmitted infection; F, female; M, male; RLA, right lower abdominal pain; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus.

Year	Author	Age	Sex	History of travel	STI	Chief complaint	Diarrhea	Operation	Method of diagnosis	Survival
2013	Present case	31	F	No	No	RLA	No	Appendectomy	Histological pathology	Survived
2012	Sonoo [9]	52	F	No	Not reported	Abdominal pain	No	Ileocecal resection	Morbid anatomy	Deceased
2011	Kojyou [10]	53	M	Yes	HIV, HCV, syphilis	RLA	No	Appendectomy	Morbid anatomy	Deceased
2009	Hayami [11]	51	M	No	No	RLA	No	Right hemicolectomy	Biopsy	Survived
2007	Isihara [13]	38	M	No	HIV	RLA	Yes	Appendectomy	Histological pathology	Survived
2006	Okumura[12]	25	F	Yes	No	Vomiting	No	Appendectomy	Histological pathology	Survived
2005	Suzuki [14]	60	M	No	No	RLA	No	Appendectomy	Morbid anatomy	Deceased
2005	Miyasaka [15]	25	M	Yes	HIV	RLA	No	Appendectomy	Fecal culture	Survived
2004	Ohe [17]	33	M	No	HBV	RLA	No	Appendectomy	Histological pathology	Survived
2002	Yanagisawa [16]	51	M	No	No	RLA	No	Appendectomy	Biopsy	Survived
2000	Gotohda [5]	45	M	No	No	RLA	Yes	Appendectomy	Histological pathology	Survived
1996	Ou [18]	48	M	No	No	Diarrhea	Yes	No	Biopsy	Survived

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