Name
AMOEBIC COLITIS
DESCRIPTION
OTHER TESTS : * SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR AMOEBA > 90% ACCURACY * IODINE STAINED CONCENTRATES OF STOOL FOR AMOEBA OR CYSTS * STOOL CULTURE FOR AMOEBA
DETAIL
D.D. : * ULCERATIVE COLITIS * CROHNS DISEASE * INFECTIONS OF SMALL INTESTINE OR COLON A. BACTERIAL * CAMPYLOBACTOR * SALMONELLA * SHIGELLOSIS * YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA * CORNYBACTER DIFFICILE * ESCHERICHIA COLI * MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM INTRACELLULARE & M. TUBERCULOSIS * RARELY GONORRHEA, CLAMYDIA & SYPHILIS CAUSE PROCTITIS B. VIRAL * CYTOMEGALOVIRUS * HERPES SIMPLEX C. FUNGAL * CANDIDA * ASPERGILLUS * DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS D. PROTOZOAL OR PARASITIC * ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA * ISOSPORA BELLI * HOOK WORM * WHIP WORM * STRONGYLOIDES INFECTION E. NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES * DIVERTICULITIS * RADIATION COLITIS * ISCHAEMIC COLITIS * SOLITARY RECTAL ULCER SYNDROME * NSAIDS ASSOCIATED COLITIS * COLLAGENOUS COLITIS * LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS * DIVERSION COLITISOTHER TESTS : * SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR AMOEBA > 90% ACCURACY * IODINE STAINED CONCENTRATES OF STOOL FOR AMOEBA OR CYSTS * STOOL CULTURE FOR AMOEBA
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
STOOL ROUTINE, STOOL CULTURE, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PCR