Amebiasis in HIV-1-infected Japanese men: clinical features and response to therapy.

• Main Authors: Koji Watanabe (Author), Hiroyuki Gatanaga (Author), Aleyla Escueta-de Cadiz (Author), Junko Tanuma (Author), Tomoyoshi Nozaki (Author), Shinichi Oka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Invasive amebic diseases caused by Entamoeba histolytica are increasing among men who have sex with men and co-infection of ameba and HIV-1 is an emerging problem in developed East Asian countries. To characterize the clinical and epidemiological features of invasive amebiasis in HIV-1 patients, the...