Invasive Amoebiasis in a Child: A Case Report in Aceh Provincial Referral Hospital

Reno Keumalazia Kamarlis

2018

Abstract

Amoebiasis is throught to occur intraveller, immigrant from endemic areas and among men who have sex with men. Amoebiasis, caused by parasite Entamoeba histolytica, has a worlwide distribution, with an estimated 50 million people being infected. We present case of amoebic anal in a boy, 4 years-old with diagnosed Enterocolitis until a punch biopsy disclosed a diagnosis Ameboetic. According to microscopic result, the findings were typical characteristic of amoebiasis. This technique can detect the presence of dots in the mucosa that contain many trophozoites and perform biopsy specimens for histopathological examination to establish a definitive diagnosis.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kamarlis R. (2018). Invasive Amoebiasis in a Child: A Case Report in Aceh Provincial Referral Hospital.In Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS, ISBN 978-989-758-438-1, pages 201-204. DOI: 10.5220/0008788902010204

in Bibtex Style

@conference{skic-mhs18,
author={Reno Keumalazia Kamarlis},
title={Invasive Amoebiasis in a Child: A Case Report in Aceh Provincial Referral Hospital},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,},
year={2018},
pages={201-204},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008788902010204},
isbn={978-989-758-438-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,
TI - Invasive Amoebiasis in a Child: A Case Report in Aceh Provincial Referral Hospital
SN - 978-989-758-438-1
AU - Kamarlis R.
PY - 2018
SP - 201
EP - 204
DO - 10.5220/0008788902010204