Early Clinical Response of a Large Amebic Liver Abscess to Eravacycline Prior to Metronidazole Initiation: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious DiseasesEntamoeba 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 +2 more
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Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Amebic liver abscesses should be considered in adult males with a liver abscess and a history of travel to endemic areas. Effective treatment includes metronidazole, followed by paromomycin.
Sasan D. Noveir +4 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 +9 more
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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 +1 more
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Hypocholesterolemia in Patients with an Amebic Liver Abscess [PDF]
Gut and Liver, 2014 Background/AimsMany parasites induce changes in the lipid profiles of the host. Cholesterol increases the virulence of Entamoeba histolytica in animal models and in vitro culture.
Tamez, Eva +8 more
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Case Reports in Medicine, 2018 Liver abscess is a rare but serious complication of Crohn’s disease. Patients with Crohn’s disease are at risk for pyogenic liver abscesses due to immunosuppressive therapy, fistulous disease, and intraabdominal abscesses.
Daria Gaut +3 more
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A note on clinical presentations of amebic liver abscess: an overview from 62 Thai patients
BMC Family Practice, 2002 Background Amebic liver abscess is a tropical disease with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. Given the often nonspecific nature of the complaints related to amebic abscess, a retrospective review of patients with confirmed disease to recognize ...
Wiwanitkit Viroj
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Proteomic comparison of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar and the role of E. histolytica alcohol dehydrogenase 3 in virulence. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 The protozoan intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects millions of people worldwide and is capable of causing amebic dysentery and amebic liver abscess.
Paul H Davis +5 more
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Gigantic hepatic amebic abscess presenting as acute abdomen: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008 Introduction Amebiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica. It most commonly results in asymptomatic colonization of the gastrointestinal tract, but some patients develop intestinal invasive or extra-intestinal diseases.
Papavramidis TS +6 more
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Amebic liver abscess and polycystic liver disease
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2013 Polycystic liver disease is a rare disorder which remains asymptomatic. Infection of cyst is a major complication and is usually pyogenic. We report a rare case of amebic liver abscess in a patient with polycystic liver disease.
Karan V. S. Rana +3 more
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