The effect of cholesterol on the pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica.

摘要: Summary Three groups of guinea pigs were inoculated with cultures Entamoeba histolytica or its associated bacteria: (a) normal, (b) elevated intestinal cholesterol content, and (c) hypercholesterolemia. Part the normal group was in cecum others superior mesenteric vein. The while those hypercholesterolemia vein. The animals which had E. developed larger lesions greater frequency than did animals. In liver, amebic abscesses found almost exclusively hypercholesterolemia, these occasionally large (1 to 2 cm diameter) frequently numerous.