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Early Clinical Response of a Large Amebic Liver Abscess to Eravacycline Prior to Metronidazole Initiation: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Entamoeba histolytica is an amebic protozoan that is often asymptomatic, with many patients being asymptomatic carriers. However, 10 percent of cases manifest with amebic dysentery and, less commonly, amebic liver abscesses.
Jamal A. Anthony, Andrew Robinson, Lisa Pedroza   +2 more
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Amebic liver abscess

Annals of Hepatology, 2002
Amebic liver abscess (ALA) highly endemic in most developing tropical countries is being encountered more frequently in other geographical areas maybe secondary to increased travel to areas where the disease is endemic as well as in the homosexual ...
Aldo Torre, MD, David Kershenobich, MD PhD   +1 more
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Amebic liver abscess rupture into inferior vena cava with pulmonary thrombo embolism: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Vascular complications such as hepatic vein and inferior vena cava thrombus, phlebitis, and extrahepatic biliary obstruction are rare in amebic liver abscesses.
Sripooja Makthala, Lovenish Bains, Pawan Lal, Kranthi Naik Bhukya   +3 more
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Three Autochthonous Cases of Amoebic Liver Abscess Clustered in a Small Village of Tuscany (Central Italy), a Non-Endemic Area [PDF]

Pathogens
Amebiasis is a rare condition in industrialised countries but is epidemiologically growing. Clinical manifestations may range from asymptomatic to invasive disease.
Giuseppantonio Maisetta, Sara Moneta, Benedetta Tuvo, Cesira Giordano, Paola Alessandra Petrocelli, Giovanni Tincani, Daniela Campani, Davide Ghinolfi, Marco Falcone, Fabrizio Bruschi, Antonella Lupetti   +10 more
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Amebic Liver Abscess

Amebiasis and amebic liver abscess (ALA) continue to be a major fatal disease in developing countries where unhygienic environmental conditions prevail. Between January 1975 and December 1984 there were 60 patients and from January 1985 to December 1994 there were 44 patients with ALA who were diagnosed and treated.
Jackson-Akers JY, Goosenberg E, Oliver TI.   +2 more
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Amebic liver abscess [PDF]

Clinical Liver Disease, 2015
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Judith A, Anesi, Stephen, Gluckman
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Complication of Amebic Liver Abscess: Biliary Fistula [PDF]

Kosin Medical Journal, 2015
In amebic liver abscess, communication between liver abscess and intrahepatic bile ducts is an uncommon cause of bile leak. This condition can be treated surgically or endoscopically.
Han Wook Chung, Song Ee Park, Hyun Jeong Park, Jae-Cheol Kwon, Hyung Joon Kim   +4 more
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Current Status of Amebic Liver Abscess in Korea Comparing with Pyogenic Liver Abscess

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Background/Aims: With the improvement of hygiene, the incidence of amebic liver abscess is decreasing in South Korea. On the other hand, there is little data on the status of amebic liver abscess compared to pyogenic liver abscess.
Eunju Kim, Dong-Hee Park, Kyung-Joong Kim, Tae Oh Kim, Seung Ha Park, Jongha Park, Joon Hyuk Choi, Jin Lee, Yong Eun Park, Eun Hye Oh, Jun Seong Hwang, Nae-Yun Heo   +11 more
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Successful surgical drainage with intraoperative ultrasonography for amebic liver abscess refractory to metronidazole and percutaneous drainage: a case report

BMC Surgery, 2020
Background Metronidazole (MNZ) has been clearly established as a medication for amebic liver abscess. In uncomplicated cases, surgical drainage should be avoided.
Keita Kouzu, Takahiro Einama, Makoto Nishikawa, Makiko Fukumura, Hiromi Nagata, Toshimitsu Iwasaki, Yoichi Miyata, Yasuhiro Obuchi, Kazuo Hase, Hideki Ueno, Yoji Kishi, Junji Yamamoto   +11 more
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Tissue invasion by Entamoeba histolytica: evidence of genetic selection and/or DNA reorganization events in organ tropism. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
Entamoeba histolytica infection may have various clinical manifestations. Nine out of ten E. histolytica infections remain asymptomatic, while the remainder become invasive and cause disease.
Ibne Karim M Ali, Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi, Jasmine Akhter, Shantanu Roy, Chiara Gorrini, Adriana Calderaro, Sarah K Parker, Rashidul Haque, William A Petri, C Graham Clark   +9 more
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