It is unclear whether the cause was malaria, intestinal bleeding from typhoid, or chronic amebic dysentery.
They showed that parasites cause amebic dysentery and discovered a treatment for it.
His reported symptoms, including muscle stiffness and seizures, were almost certainly the result of a cerebral amebic infection.
Dysentery, both bacillary and amebic also complicated many patients' nutritional status.
Specifically, it can cause amebic encephalitis.
