Atypical fulminant presentation of amebiasis in chronic kidney disease patient on maintenance hemodialysis

Amebiasis is a common cause of dysentery in India and can have an atypical fulminant course with negative serological tests in immunosuppressed individuals such as chronic kidney disease (CKD). We present a patient of CKD on dialysis who presented with features of dysentery with negative blood and s...

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Main Authors: Manmeet Singh Jhawar, Jasmin Das, Pratish George, Kanwardeep Singh Kwatra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
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Online Access:http://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2016;volume=3;issue=4;spage=295;epage=297;aulast=Jhawar