KEGG   DISEASE: Dientamoebiasis
Entry
H01089                      Disease                                
Name
Dientamoebiasis
Description
Dientamoeba fragilis is a trichomonad protozoan that belongs to the Parabasalia group. It is found worldwide in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and implicated as a cause of diarrhea.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
   Protozoal intestinal infections
    1A3Y  Other specified protozoal intestinal infections
     H01089  Dientamoebiasis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Parasitic infections (protists)
  Infections caused by Metamonada
   H01089  Dientamoebiasis
Pathogen
Dientamoeba fragilis
Other DBs
ICD-11: 1A3Y
MeSH: D004030
Reference
PMID:22154849
  Authors
Banik GR, Birch D, Stark D, Ellis JT
  Title
A microscopic description and ultrastructural characterisation of Dientamoeba fragilis: An emerging cause of human enteric disease.
  Journal
Int J Parasitol 42:139-53 (2012)
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.10.010
Reference
PMID:16380293
  Authors
Stark DJ, Beebe N, Marriott D, Ellis JT, Harkness J
  Title
Dientamoebiasis: clinical importance and recent advances.
  Journal
Trends Parasitol 22:92-6 (2006)
DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2005.12.001
Reference
PMID:21637013
  Authors
Barratt JL, Harkness J, Marriott D, Ellis JT, Stark D
  Title
A review of Dientamoeba fragilis carriage in humans: several reasons why this organism should be considered in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal illness.
  Journal
Gut Microbes 2:3-12 (2011)
DOI:10.4161/gmic.2.1.14755
Reference
PMID:15258093
  Authors
Johnson EH, Windsor JJ, Clark CG
  Title
Emerging from obscurity: biological, clinical, and diagnostic aspects of Dientamoeba fragilis.
  Journal
Clin Microbiol Rev 17:553-70, table of contents (2004)
DOI:10.1128/CMR.17.3.553-570.2004
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