A case of cutaneous amoebiasis.
The present report concerns a patient with ulceration around an artificial anus. The condition had been treated for some time as pyoderma gangrenosum but finally proved to be cutaneous amoebiasis; the presence of Entamoeba histolytica was demonstrated. A cure was achieved with metronidazol (Flagy) and diloxanide furoate (Furamide) given orally.
D000083:Acetanilides / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000563:Amebicides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003125:Colostomy; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005663:Furans / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
D000083:Acetanilides; D000563:Amebicides; D005663:Furans; D008795:Metronidazole; C004932:diloxanide furoate