Occurrence of Entamoeba Histolytica infection in patients with Ulcerative colitis attending to the Al-Diwaniyah gastroenterology center/ Iraq

One Hundred Eighteen (118) Stool testers were composed from ulcerative colitis patients distress from intestinal sicknesses, abdominal discomfort, and cases of diarrhea which presence to gastroenterology center in Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital and outpatient clinics from different age groups. for the period from August 2023 - March 2024. The samples were examined with a light microscope using The direct wet smear method from Human stool samples. Microscopic study revealed a important variance at (P ≤ 0.05) among ulcerative colitis patients and infection with E. histolytica was 81.35% (96 positive samples from 118). The results of showed that non-significant alterations at (p ≤ 0.05) between infection with the E. histolytica and age groups, Gender and Residency.