Two cases of endoscopically diagnosed amebic colitis treated with paromomycin monotherapy

Kei Yamamoto; Yasuaki Yanagawa; Shinichi Oka; Koji Watanabe

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008013

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Two cases of endoscopically diagnosed amebic colitis treated with paromomycin monotherapy

Kei Yamamoto,

Affiliation Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuaki Yanagawa,

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Shinichi Oka,

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Koji Watanabe

* E-mail: kwatanab@acc.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-8439

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Two cases of endoscopically diagnosed amebic colitis treated with paromomycin monotherapy

Kei Yamamoto,
Yasuaki Yanagawa,
Shinichi Oka,
Koji Watanabe

Published: March 19, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008013

About the Authors

Kei Yamamoto

Affiliation Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuaki Yanagawa

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Shinichi Oka

Affiliation AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Watanabe

* E-mail: kwatanab@acc.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliations AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-8439

Competing Interests

All authors declare that there are no competing interests regarding the present report.

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