- Entamoeba coli
Taxobox
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name = "Entamoeba coli"
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image_caption = "Entamoeba coli" cyst
domain =Eukaryota
kingdom =Protista
phylum =Amoebozoa
classis =Archamoebae
genus = "Entamoeba "
species = "E. coli"
binomial = "Entamoeba coli""Entamoeba coli" is a non-pathogenic
species of "Entamoeba " that frequently exists as acommensal parasite in the humangastrointestinal tract . Clinically, "E. coli" (not to be confused with the bacterium "Escherichia coli ") is important in medicine because it can be confused during microscopic examination of stained stool specimens with the pathogenic "Entamoeba histolytica ".cite book | author = Sodeman WA | chapter = Intestinal Protozoa: Amebas | title = Baron's Medical Microbiology "(Baron S "et al", eds.)| edition = 4th ed. | publisher = Univ of Texas Medical Branch | year = 1996 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mmed.section.4136#4149 | isbn = 0-9631172-1-1 ] While this differentiation is typically done by visual examination of the parasitic cysts via light microscopy, new methods usingmolecular biology techniques have been developed. [cite journal |author=Verweij JJ, Laeijendecker D, Brienen EA, van Lieshout L, Polderman AM |title=Detection and identification of entamoeba species in stool samples by a reverse line hybridization assay |journal=J. Clin. Microbiol. |volume=41 |issue=11 |pages=5041–5 |year=2003 |pmid=14605136 |url=http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/full/41/11/5041?view=long&pmid=14605136 |doi=10.1128/JCM.41.11.5041-5045.2003]The presence of "E.coli" is not cause in and of itself to seek treatment as it is considered harmless. However it should be noted that when a person becomes infected with this benign entamoeba, other
pathogenic organisms may have been consumed at the same time.cite web | title = Nonpathogenic Intestinal Amebae Infection | work = Parasitic Disease Information | url = http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/amebae/factsht_amebae.htm | publisher = CDC | date = 2004-09-29 | accessdate = 2007-08-10]ee also
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Amoebiasis References
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