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SPORADIC AMOEBIASIS IN VICTORIA
Author(s) -
CUTIIBERTSON A. M.,
TANGE J. D.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1959.tb07186.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amoebiasis , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , surgery , immunology , optics , physics
Summary Forty‐four cases of amoebiasis have presented at the Melbourne teaching hospitals between 1935 and 1958. A high mortality and high incidence of complications were noted. This is clearly‐related to difficulties experienced in diagnosis. It is suggested that in the absence of distinctive clinical features, an awareness of the condition and perseverance in the face of negative examinations are necessary if the diagnosis is to be established in the early stages of the illness.