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Is it a fact that once amebiasis strikes you it never leaves your system?
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No: Amebiasis can be treated and eliminated. Amebic colitis is first treated with a nitroimidazole derivative (metronidazole being the only one available in the United States), followed by a luminal (phenobarbital) agent to eradicate colonization (iodoquinol, paromomycin, diloxanide furoate).
Answered 6/5/2014
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