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Cellular Coordination of Transcription Factors and Regulatory Genes for Cryptococcal Virulence

Cellular Microbiology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen belonging to the family Cryptococcaceae, capable of causing systemic and invasive fungal infections in humans and animals. The infection caused by Cryptococcus is lethal primarily in immunocompromised individuals due to the overwhelming expression of virulence factors that drive cryptococcosis in ...
Olufemi S. Folorunso, Olihile M. Sebolai, Sanket Kaushik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amoebic liver abscess: A 20-year retrospective analysis at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Amoebic liver abscess is the most common manifestation of extra-intestinal amebiasis. Although a highprevalence of intestinal amebiasis is reported in Ethiopia, information about the prevalence of confirmed amebic liverabscess is very scanty.
Tilahun Woldemichael, Senait Ashenafi, Anton M. Polderman, Endale Kassa, Amha Kebede, Beyene Petros   +5 more
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Conservative treatment of amebic liver abscess [PDF]

, 2015
Catedra chirurgie generală, USMF „Nicolae Testemiţanu”, Chişinău, Republica Moldova, Al XII-lea Congres al Asociației Chirurgilor „Nicolae Anestiadi” din Republica Moldova cu participare internațională 23-25 septembrie 2015Introducere: Amebiaza este o ...
Isac, I.
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Amebic liver abscess: An update

World Journal of Hepatology
Amebic liver abscess (ALA) is still a common problem in the tropical world, where it affects over three-quarters of patients with liver abscess. It is caused by an anaerobic protozoan Entamoeba hystolytica , which primarily colonises the cecum. It is a non-suppurative infection of the liver consisting primarily of dead hepatocytes and cellular debris ...
Kumar, Ramesh, Patel, Rishabh, Priyadarshi, Rajeev Nayan, Narayan, Ruchika, Maji, Tanmoy, Anand, Utpal, Soni, Jinit R   +6 more
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Unmasking Balamuthia mandrillaris Through PCR in a Case of Multifocal Brain Lesions

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Balamuthia mandrillaris is a rare free‐living amoeba that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), a frequently fatal central nervous system infection. Diagnosis is often delayed because of nonspecific clinical presentation and radiographic findings.
Moamen Al Zoubi, Garry Jean-Louis, Kelly Sylvain, Cara Moll, Alison Schwartz VanEperen, Ammar Nasrallah, Amanda Carlson, Julie Duval, Norah Grady Letendre, Priya Gusain   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liver abscess in children: A 10-year single centre experience

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Background/Aim: Although liver abscess is more prevalent in developing countries than in developed countries, there is scant data about the characteristics of pediatric liver abscess in our region.
Roohollah Salahi, Seyed M Dehghani, Heshmatollah Salahi, Ali Bahador, Hamid R Abbasy, Fatemeh Salahi   +5 more
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Blastocystis in a Liver Abscess: An Unusual Extraintestinal Location

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Blastocystis 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
Daniel Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Belén Rivaya, María Vanessa López-Peláez, Bruno Antunes-Parente, Begoña Bailo, Sergio Sánchez, David Carmena, Satoshi Miyahara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Hepatic Vaso‐Occlusive Crisis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Hematology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hemoglobinopathy caused by a point mutation in the β‐globin gene, resulting in hemoglobin S polymerization under hypoxic conditions. This process leads to erythrocyte dehydration, impaired deformability, hemolysis, and recurrent vaso‐occlusion, which may culminate in acute painful crises and progressive organ ...
Bhimla Rambaran, Kalyani Sen
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitic disease of the liver and biliary tree

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 1997
Several parasites infest liver or biliary tree, either during their maturation stages or as adult worms. Bile iry tree parasites may cause pancreatitis, cholecystitis, biliary tree obstruction, recurrent cholangitis, biliary tree strictures and some may ...
Mohamed Abdulrahman, Al Karawi Mohamed, Ghandour Zuhul   +2 more
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Prevalence of cases of amebic liver abscess in a tertiary care centre in India: A study on risk factors, associated microflora and strain variation of Entamoeba histolytica.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundAmebiasis, caused by Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica), is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Mortality due to amebiasis is mostly by extra intestinal infections, amebic liver abscess being the most ...
Aradhana Singh, Tuhina Banerjee, Raju Kumar, Sunit Kumar Shukla   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source