602 casts of intestinal amebiasis between 1957 and 1982 were reported

among the cases 535(88.87%) dysentery and 67 (11.13%) nondysentery in type. Atypical manifestations encountered included ameboma (4 cases)

and intestinal stricture (1 cases)

Complications included intestinal hemorrhage (6 cases)

intestinal perforation (1 cases)

hepatic abscess (12 cases)

cervico-vaginitis (3 cases)

and fistula of skin (l cases). 20.76% the whoie cases had fever. This was believed to be due to bacterial supc-rinfection

complications or the disease process itself. 32 cases were m-isdiagnosed during admission. The importance examination of fresh stool for trophoz-oites of E. histolytica for the diagnosis was stressed. Metronidazole was the drug of choice in intestinal amebiasis.