| H01089 | |
| H number | H01089 |
| 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 |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Dientamoeba fragilis |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | - |
| 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 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 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 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 |