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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 +11 more
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<i>Blastocystis</i> in a Liver Abscess: An Unusual Extraintestinal Location. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisBlastocystis is a common anaerobic protist of uncertain pathogenicity that inhabits the human intestine. Rare cases reported in the literature suggest possible extraintestinal dissemination by unclear mechanisms. We followed a 43‐year‐old Peruvian woman presenting with low‐grade fever and gastrointestinal symptoms who was diagnosed with a liver abscess
Rodríguez-Zúñiga D +6 more
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A case of amebic colitis: A potentially fatal mimicker of inflammatory bowel disease. [PDF]
JPGN RepABSTRACT Amebiasis, caused by Entamoeba histolytica, can present diagnostic challenges due to its diverse clinical manifestations and potential for misdiagnosis, particularly in regions with low incidence rates. We report a case of a 9‐year‐old girl initially diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease but later confirmed to have amebic colitis.
Ateeqi FA, Shaikhkhalil AK, Nowshad N.
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Ruptured Amebic Liver Abscess [PDF]
HPB Surgery, 1990 We treated two patients with a ruptured amebic liver abscess. The diagnosis was made at a relatively early stage and treatment was successful for one patient, but an accurate diagnosis of liver abscess was not made and invasive extraintestinal amebiasis led to multiple organ failure and to death for the other. Neither patient had been outside of Japan,
Kawano, Toyokazu +7 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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Amoebic liver abscess – a cause of acute respiratory distress in an infant: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction The usual presentation of amebic liver abscess in children is extremely variable and unpredictable. It presents with a picture of common pediatric illness that is fever, lethargy, and abdominal pain, and can go on to develop into a rare ...
Saleem Mohammad M
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eFood, Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2026.An integrative approach of network pharmacology, molecular docking, and MSC proliferation confirmation was performed to elucidate the mechanism of SSG in treating osteoporosis. Fewer free isoflavones but more glucuronide metabolites were detected in plasma.
Rezeye Aili, Hong Chen, Feng Qiu
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Amebic liver abscess, Mirizzi syndrome, and acute hepatic failure
, 2004 Amebic liver abscess is an important cause of an inflammatory space-occupying lesion of the liver that nowadays, with the availability of potent antiamebic therapies, has a relatively benign course.
ZIPPI, MADDALENA +6 more
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Amebic Liver Abscess, Extensive Thrombosis, and Patent Cardiac Foramen Ovale
, 2011 Extensive venous thrombosis is usually seen postmortem in amebic liver abscess because of its dismal prognosis. Herein, we describe amebic liver abscess, whose late diagnosis led to multiple deep thromboses, pulmonary embolism, and right atrial ...
Pham, Isabelle +15 more
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PLoS Pathogens, 2013 Amebic liver abscess (ALA) is a focal destruction of liver tissue due to infection by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica). Host tissue damage is attributed mainly to parasite pathogenicity factors, but massive early accumulation
Elena Helk +8 more
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