title: [Amoebiasis--a problem in patients with ulcerative colitis].
abstract: The increasing problem is presented of Entamoeba histolytica invasion in patients with ulcerative colitis. The diagnostic-therapeutic management in five patients with amoebiasis is discussed in detail. This parasitic invasion occurred in five out of 103 patients with ulcerative colitis which accounts for 4.85%. This data is important for the treatment of chronically ill patients with ulcerative colitis.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Obserwacyjno-Zakaźnej Ak. Med. w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prokopowicz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zagórski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kramarz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Pełzakowica (amoebosis)--problem dotyczacy chorych z colitis ulcerosa.