title: Case report: Cutaneous amebiasis: the importance of molecular diagnosis of an emerging parasitic disease.
abstract: Cutaneous amebiasis is the least common clinical form of human amebiasis in Mexico, sexual amebiasis was only occasionally observed before the late 1980s. However, in the last few decades, most of the documented cases of cutaneous amebiasis from around the world are sexually transmitted. We present two cases of sexually transmitted genital amebiasis. The molecular characterization of the Entamoeba species in the affected tissues underlines the importance of an etiological diagnosis using specific and sensitive techniques that avoid the rapid destruction of tissues and the irreversible sequelae to the anatomy and function of the affected organs. In addition, for those interested in the study of the human-amoebic disease relationship and its epidemiology, the detection of a new, mixed infection in an invasive case of amebiasis reveals new perspectives in the study of the extraordinarily complex host-parasite relationship in amebiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico. patricia_morans@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morán
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerritos
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zermeño
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valadez
authors.forename: Griselda Montes
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: de Oca
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Oswaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Partida
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nieves
authors.forename: Tobías
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gudiño
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramiro
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ximénez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics