Incidence of amebiasis in patients with positive guaiac test of the stool

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1958 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, volume 3, pages 72-75 (issn: 0002-9211, eissn: 1573-2568,

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Authors: B H, KEAN;

doi: 10.1007/bf02231312

pmid: 13487552

Incidence of amebiasis in patients with positive guaiac test of the stool

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1. Of 50 individuals who had a positive guaiac test of the stool after having been on a meat-free diet for 3 days or longer, only 1 (2 per cent) hadE. histolytica in the stool on a single examination.

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Keywords

Intestines, Feces, Incidence, Dysentery, Amebic, Humans, Amebiasis, Guaiac

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