title: Fulminant amebic colitis.
abstract: Nine patients with fulminating amebic colitis who were treated surgically from 1975 to 1982 are presented. Only those who had bowel resections with exteriorization of the cut ends survived. The pertinent literature is reviewed briefly.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis