title: Clinical challenges and images in GI. Amoebic appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitayama
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000656:Amoeba / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D001065:Appendix / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008795:Metronidazole