Fields · Medicine · Infectious Diseases

Amoebic Infections and Treatments

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathogenesis, clinical management, diagnosis, and treatment of amoebiasis, with a specific emphasis on Entamoeba histolytica infections and pyogenic liver abscesses. It covers topics such as laboratory diagnosis techniques, cysteine proteases involved in pathogenesis, epidemiology, percutaneous drainage, and the host immune response to the infection.