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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Differentiation of amebic colitis from other enteric diseases is a major diagnostic challenge.

Differential diagnosis includes

• Bacterial dysentery.
• Inflammatory bowel disease.
• Ischemic colitis.
• Bleeding diverticula.
• Arteriovenous malformations.