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Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Pyogenic Liver Abscess
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2016 Pyogenic liver abscesses are rare with an incidence of 0.5% to 0.8% and are mostly due to hepatobiliary causes (40% to 60%). Most are polymicrobial with less than 10% being caused by Staphylococcus aureus .
Joel Cherian Medical Student +4 more
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iMetaMed, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2026.Oral microbiota: findings, classification, clinical significance, and therapeutic interventions for human systemic diseases ABSTRACT The oral microbiota is an ecological community of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms that colonizes the oral cavity.
Miao Zhang +13 more
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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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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 486-498, March 2026.Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef +2 more
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A note on the prothrombin time abnormality in the patients with amebic liver abscess
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2006 Amebic liver abscess is reported worldwide and can present with a a wide spectrum of clinical manifetations. Similar to the other liver diseases, the prothrombin time abnormality can be seen in the patients with amebic liver abscess.
Viroj Wiwaniikit +2 more
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Journal of Fish Diseases, Volume 49, Issue 3, March 2026.Abstract This case report presents a recent case of scuticociliatosis in a whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus), housed at a zoo (Haus des Meeres Aqua Terra Zoo, Vienna, Austria). Clinical signs such as uncoordinated swimming and body tilt were observed prior to death.
Hella Schwegler +5 more
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Hepatic abscess in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic scoping review of an overlooked entity
Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Liver abscess is one of the hepatobiliary manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that has been scarcely described in the literature.
Shadi Abdullah Alshammary +1 more
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Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Amoebiasis, a gastrointestinal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica, is the third leading cause of mortality worldwide among parasitic infections with over 100,000 deaths annually. Apart from dysentery, it can manifest as extraintestinal disease, most commonly liver abscess, and rarely pulmonary, cardiac, and brain involvement.
Nur H. Ahnal +5 more
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Sex in Immune Cells and Parasitic Diseases — A Complex Relationship
Immunological Reviews, Volume 337, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Epidemiological studies consistently show that many parasitic diseases affect males more frequently than females. These disparities are multifactorial, arising partly from gender‐specific behaviors that influence exposure risk and health‐seeking practices, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Increasing evidence also highlights that
Barbara Honecker +2 more
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Evaluation of the C-Terminal Fragment of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc Lectin Intermediate Subunit as a Vaccine Candidate against Amebic Liver Abscess. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal protozoan parasite that causes amoebiasis, including amebic dysentery and liver abscesses. E. histolytica invades host tissues by adhering onto cells and phagocytosing them depending on the adaptation and expression
Xiangyang Min +6 more
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