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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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XIV. Amebiasis

Case 64. Amebiasis / Carcinoma

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Fig. 64-A4

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Fig. 64-A4
Fig. 64-A4: Amebiasis

The Ameba histolytica, the intestinal one, stains well with the PAS method and is illustrated here in great numbers situated in a blood vessel. At the contrary, other species of amebae are PAS negative.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela