[Amoebic dysentery: a relapsing case by cancer chemotherapy].

Abstract

A 71-year-old man was admitted with a diagnosis of amoebic dysentery. He received a tonsillectomy 2 years prior to admission because of squamous cell carcinoma and had been treated with 5-FU. Laboratory examination showed T-lymphocytopenia and the T4/T8 ratio was markedly reduced. He experienced amoebic dysentery during World War II some 40 years ago, thus, this case report suggested that amoebiasis relapsed by depressed cellular immunity and was calculated as one of the opportunistic infections.

• Authors: A Takenaka
• Journal: Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases (Kansenshogaku Zasshi) Vol. 63 Issue 2 Pg. 162-5 (Feb 1989) ISSN: 0387-5911 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 2501433 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Fluorouracil

Topics

• Aged
• Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (drug therapy, immunology)
• Dysentery, Amebic (etiology)
• Fluorouracil (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Immune Tolerance (drug effects)
• Immunity, Cellular (drug effects)
• Male
• Opportunistic Infections (etiology)
• Recurrence
• Tonsillar Neoplasms (drug therapy, immunology)