amoebiasis due to Entamoeba histolytica
Findings
No curated finding names amoebiasis due to Entamoeba histolytica yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A parasitic disease caused by the protozoa, Entamoeba histolytica, mainly occurring in tropical regions after the ingestion of an amoebic cyst, and resulting in clinical manifestations that may range from an asymptomatic state to amoebic colitis (violent abdominal pain, a painful contracted feeling around the anal sphincter, blood and mucus in the stools but without the presence of fever), or amoebic liver abscesses (fever, chills, abdominal pain, weight loss, hepatomegaly) that can be fatal if not immediately treated. Extraintestinal involvement elsewhere (i.e. thoracic, hepatic) is extremely rare.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019028), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
27 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bloody diarrheaHPOHP:0025085
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Chest painHPOHP:0100749
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Gastrointestinal dysmotilityHPOHP:0002579
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Protracted diarrheaHPOHP:0004385
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Weight lossHPO
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- Constrictive pericarditisHPOHP:0002563
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- CoughHPOHP:0012735
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Deep venous thrombosisHPOHP:0002625
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentrationHPOHP:0003155
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentrationHPOHP:0002910
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
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