title: Successful treatment of human Entamoeba polecki infection with metronidazole.
abstract: A 24-year-old woman with Entamoeba polecki infection was succesfully treated with metronidazole in a dosage of 750 mg orally thrice daily for 5 days. Examination of two direct smears and two formalin-ether concentrates from specimens collected at 2 days, 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months after the conclusion of therapy revealed no amebae. An indirect hemagglutination test for antibodies to E. histolytica gave a low positive titer of 1:128.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole