[Fibrocolonoscopy in patients with intestinal amebiasis].

Fibrocolonoscopy findings from 131 diarrhea patients proved the procedure valuable for early diagnosis of amebiasis and control of the treatment efficacy. Fibrocolonoscopy helps to establish the true picture and the scope of the colon mucosa involvement, identification of dysenteric ameba trophozoites in the mucosal bioptic specimens being the final diagnostic criterion. The procedure facilitates regulation of the treatment duration. In the study the recovery in the mild disease was documented 25-30 days after the treatment onset, in moderate-severity contamination it took 40-45 days to eliminate the infection.