• Case report 1- SIDG 2017_Dr C Swan Amoebiasis
• PNG case report:  Multiple liver abscesses: an unusual case which demonstrates the importance of ultrasonography in the detection of liver pathology.
• Life cycle
• Rapid diagnostic tests are reliable now – distinguish E. histolytica from E. dispar – really the test of choice as microscopy is tricky .

Note that if someone is a carrier (passes cysts of Entamoeba), then if they develop diarrhoea from some other cause, the cysts will form trophozoites – this does NOT mean the patient has amoebic dysentery!