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Case Reports
. 2008 Jul;14(7):1141-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1407.080017.

Invasive amebiasis in men who have sex with men, Australia

Damien Stark  1 , Sebastian J van Hal, Gail Matthews, John Harkness, Deborah Marriott
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Invasive amebiasis in men who have sex with men, Australia

Damien Stark et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul.

Abstract

Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic ameba that has recently been recognized as an emerging pathogen in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Asia-Pacific countries where it is not endemic, i.e., Japan, Taiwan, and Republic of Korea. We report locally acquired invasive amebiasis in Sydney, Australia, exclusively in MSM.

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