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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Ein
Infectious Disease 50 years experience
Nothing: Entamoeba coli is considered a commensal organism that does not cause disease and does not need treatment.
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A female asked:
Dr. Michael Ein
Infectious Disease 50 years experience
See below: Entamoeba coli is generally accepted as a commensal organism that colonizes the colon. It does not cause disease and does not need treatment. The co... Read More
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Dr. Dominic Riganotti
A Verified Doctoranswered
Infectious Disease 27 years experience
Why are they?: Entamoeba coli is a non-pathologic bacteria in many of our guts. There is no reason to specifically treat this. Remember that antibiotics can cause ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology 51 years experience
One is bad: E histolytica causes amebic dysentery and can cause liver abscesses, E coli is normal part of colon. .
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A female asked:
Dr. Richard Bensinger
Ophthalmology 54 years experience
No: There is effective treatment for this amoeba and you can be clear of it. However if you are still in the environment where you caught it you could ge... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander
Pathology 46 years experience
No: The latter creature usually causes no problems. The former can make you quite sick.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology 51 years experience
See below: E histolytica causes amebic dysentery and worse, E coli is benign and causes no disease.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Larry Lutwick
Infectious Disease 51 years experience
Entamoeba coli is: Generally not a disease causing organism but if it was the only thing found, Metronidazole can be used.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Entamoeba coli: Entamoeba coli is a non-pathogenic species of ameba that may live in the human gastrointestinal tract. E. Coli (not to be confused with the bacteria e... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hiep Le
Dr. Hiep Leanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
Treatment for symptomatic E. histolytica should include two sessions: a 10 day course of oral antibiotic to eliminate the invading trophozoites and a ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Entamoeba histolytic: Metronidazole is a common treatment.
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