Intestinal amebiasis presenting as life threatening lower GI bleed-A rare presentation

VK Dogra, D Gupta, R Kashyap, Laxmi Nand, Sachin Sondhi

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2017 10(1):244-246

Amoebiasis is a common intestinal protozoan infection due to Entamoeba histolytica. In India, the prevalence of the disease varies from 2% to 67%.[1] Acute Fulminant Colitis is a rare complication of intestinal amebiasis. Life threatening lower Gastrointestinal bleed is very rare presentation of amebiasis. Here, we are presenting a case of severe lower GI bleed proved to be caused by amebiasis along with extra intestinal complications.

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