What's the difference between amoebic and amoebous?
Amoebic
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Amoebous
Definition:
(a.) Like an amoeba in structure.
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(1) 83 well documented cases of amoebic hepatic abscess, treated in the Philippines between 1967 and 1975, are presented with a view to showing the results of 3 different methods of management and comparing the diagnostic accuracy and overall mortality in 2 separate groups.
(2) Among these mutants, some should contain electrophoretically altered tubulin, microtubule-associated proteins, or components of the amoebal cytoskeleton.
(3) In the differential diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess and primary hepatic carcinoma, the estimation of albumin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, haptoglobin ceruloplasmin, alpha 2H2-glycoprotein and transferrin was found helpful.
(4) History of colitis in the past, marked leukocytosis, elevation of alkaline phosphatase and a single abscess confined to the right lobe were suggestive of amoebic liver abscess.
(5) Six plasma membrane-associated amoebic proteins of molecular mass 29, 38, 45-67 complex, 85 and 94 kDa were strongly recognised by such sera.
(6) Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) was measured by blastic transformation of peripheral blood lymphocytes in 26 patients with amoebic liver abscess (ALA) and matched control subjects with no demonstrable clinical amoebiasis.
(7) We also examined a human cornea removed by penetrating keratoplasty after a clinical diagnosis of amoebic keratitis.
(8) It was positive in 5 cases out of 9 diagnosed cases of amoebic liver abscess.
(9) Moreover, amoebic disease appears to be well confirmed by the results obtained among the patients as a whole by treatment with Metroinidazole.
(10) All subjects had strongly positive serological responses--10% of them developed amoebic colitis while the rest remained asymptomatic and spontaneous cure occurred within 1 year.
(11) Finally, the best characterized amoebal infective factors are analyzed.
(12) Immunoglobulins IgG, IgM & IgA and complement C3 were studied in 24 patients suffering from amoebic liver abscesses (ALA) before and two months after therapy.
(13) We suggest that sensitization of the T8 cells occurs in patients with amoebic liver abscess in the later phase of the disease.
(14) Seven had colon perforation; seven had toxic amoebic colitis.
(15) The establishment of amoebae leading to acute liver abscess was accompanied by significantly reduced levels of antibodies to the plasma membrane (PM) protein of E. histolytica, reduced direct macrophage cytotoxicity, and reduced anti-PM antibody-mediated macrophage-dependent cytotoxicity to amoebic trophozoites.
(16) Since an amoebic abscess of the tender and enlarged liver was one possibility, that organ was aspirated with an 18-gauge needle, producing about 200 mL of slightly turbid fluid; the patient went into anaphylactic shock following the procedure, but was revived.
(17) This case is the first report of an amoebic infection of the knee joint.
(18) It is suggested that the place of surgery in amoebic colitis should be reappraised, particularly with the advent of modern medical and surgical methods now available.
(19) Nineteen (47.5%) were amoebic, 15 (37.5%) pyogenic and 6 (15%) of unknown aetiology.
(20) Patients with amoebiasis who receive steroid treatment may suffer adverse affects including acute amoebic dysentery and exacerbation of the amoebiasis.