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Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Pyogenic Liver Abscess
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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Amebic Liver Abscess, Extensive Thrombosis, and Patent Cardiac Foramen Ovale
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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Liver abscess following ingestion of a foreign object [PDF]
A 31 year old, previously healthy female presented to A&E on 24/07/2012 with a 2 day history of colicky epigastric pain and spiking fever; however on investigation no pathology was found except for an ovarian cyst of 4cm.
Borg Xuereb, Keith, Abela, Lauren
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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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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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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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[Extract] INTRODUCTION — Pyogenic liver abscesses usually develop following peritonitis due to leakage of intraabdominal bowel contents that subsequently spread to liver via the portal circulation or via direct spread from biliary infection.
Davis, Joshua, McDonald, Malcolm
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The noninvasive diagnosis of amebic liver abscess is challenging, as most patients at the time of diagnosis do not have a concurrent intestinal infection with Entamoeba histolytica . Fecal testing for E. histolytica
Intekhab Rahman +9 more
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Amebic liver abscess is associated with malnutrition and low serum leptin level
Background and Objective: Amebic liver abscess (ALA), the most common form of extra-intestinal amebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite E. histolytica.
Haque, Rashidul +5 more
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