The causative agent of amoebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica, was discovered in 1875 by F. Loesch. In 1903, the organism was studied in detail by F. Schaudinn, who differentiated two amoeba species ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ... abscess is the most common extraintestinal form of invasive amoebiasis. [67] About 20% of patients with liver abscess have ...

On one hand, amoebic trophozoites can remain as a commensal without causing any intestinal pathology ... the events that mark the pathogenesis of amoebiasis, which mainly includes amoebic colitis ...