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First case of amebic liver abscess 22 years after the first occurrence

Parasite, 2015
A 72-year-old man consulted in November 2012 for abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. The patient had a history of suspected hepatic amebiasis treated in Senegal in 1985 and has not traveled to endemic areas since 1990.
Nespola Benoît, Betz Valérie, Brunet Julie, Gagnard Jean-Charles, Krummel Yves, Hansmann Yves, Hannedouche Thierry, Christmann Daniel, Pfaff Alexander W., Filisetti Denis, Pesson Bernard, Abou-Bacar Ahmed, Candolfi Ermanno   +12 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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Intra Pericardial Rupture of Liver Amebic Abscess [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 1961
A case of liver- abscess ruptured Into portcardium is described and its dtagnests ...
S. Sarkissian
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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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Case Report: Percutaneous catheter drainage in the treatment of amebic liver abscess with syphilis infections — a case study and literature review [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
Yu-Shan Hsieh
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Primary amebic pulmonary abscess with concurrent pulmonary adenocarcinoma: A rare presentation

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Amebic lung abscess without involving another system like liver or colon is immensely uncommon. We want to report a case of a 72-year-old woman who presented in emergency with complaints of shortness of breath, loss of weight, right-side chest pain, and ...
Sheetal Verma, Prem Parkash Gupta, Sandeep Nain, Pankaj Kumar Singh   +3 more
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Natural killer T cells activated by a lipopeptidophosphoglycan from Entamoeba histolytica are critically important to control amebic liver abscess. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
The innate immune response is supposed to play an essential role in the control of amebic liver abscess (ALA), a severe form of invasive amoebiasis due to infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Hannelore Lotter, Nestor González-Roldán, Buko Lindner, Florian Winau, Armando Isibasi, Martha Moreno-Lafont, Artur J Ulmer, Otto Holst, Egbert Tannich, Thomas Jacobs   +9 more
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Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously.
Jayabal Pandiaraja
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