Microbiology, parasitology & COVID-19
Parasites-gastrointestinal (not liver)
Entamoeba
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 28 June 2019
Last staff update: 5 October 2020
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Table of Contents
Definition / general | Diagrams / tables | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Pernick N. Entamoeba. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/parasitologyentamoeba.html. Accessed June 5th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Several protozoan species in the genus Entamoeba colonize humans but not all of them are associated with amebiasis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Amebiasis [Accessed 28 June 2019])
- Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic amoeba associated with intestinal and extraintestinal infections
Diagrams / tables
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Life cycle
Case reports
- Objects were seen in a trichrome stained stool specimen (Pritt: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites Blog - Case of the Week 546 [Accessed 28 June 2019])
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Peripheral chromatin and discrete karyosome are supportive of E. histolytica / E. dispar (Pritt: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites Blog - Answer to Case 546 [Accessed 28 June 2019])
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Bobbi Pritt, M.D. and Blaine Mathison
Trichrome stained stool specimen
