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Successful Treatment of Symptomatic Entamoeba Polecki Infection^*

The second symptomatic case of Entamoeba polecki infection, the first to respond to therapy, is reported. The patient experienced intermittent episodes of abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea, and malaise associated with large numbers of E. polecki cysts in the stool. Following treatment with diloxanide furoate and metronidazole, all symptoms cleared and the parasite was no longer present in the stool.

Accepted for publication September 18, 1978.

^* The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors and not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department of the naval service at large.

Address reprint requests to: CAPT. G. T. Strickland, MC, USN, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.