Acute fulminant necrotizing amebic colitis in a pediatric patient: a rare complication of amebiasis with high mortality-a case report.

infections in northern Sri Lanka should be given attention as a public health concern. Furthermore, this case highlights that acute fulminant amebic colitis requires early surgical intervention, aggressive supportive and anti-amebic treatments. Clinicians should be cognizant of this potentially fatal complication of amebic colitis.