Locally acquired infection with Entamoeba histolytica in men who have sex with men  in Australia

Stark, Damien J; Fotedar, Rashmi; Ellis, John T; Harkness, John L

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00636.x

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To the Editor: We report three cases of locally acquired Entamoeba histolytica infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Sydney, New South Wales.

1 Microbiology Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
2 Department of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: dstark@stvincents.com.au

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