Autochthonous amoebiasis in institutionalized mentally-retarded patients: preliminary evaluation of isoenzyme patterns in three isolates.

Authors :: Scaglia M
Gatti S
Bruno A
Cevini C
Marchi L
Sargeaunt PG
Source :: Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology [Ann Trop Med Parasitol] 1991 Oct; Vol. 85 (5), pp. 509-13.
Publication Year :: 1991
Abstract: Three autochthonous cases of Entamoeba histolytica infection in institutionalized mentally-retarded patients are reported. Isoenzyme analysis by starch-gel electrophoresis shows the pathogenicity of the three isolates: two belong to zymodeme II, and one to zymodeme XIX. The study shows that invasive E. histolytica strains occur in Italy and can be isolated from institutionalized oligophrenic patients.

Subjects :: Animals
Dysentery, Amebic complications
Dysentery, Amebic parasitology
Feces parasitology
Fluoroimmunoassay
Hemagglutination
Humans
Institutionalization
Isoenzymes chemistry
Dysentery, Amebic enzymology
Entamoeba histolytica isolation & purification
Intellectual Disability complications

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