Open AccessAmebic Liver Abscesses Masquerading as Pyemic Abscesses
Author(s) -
Shiney Nattakom,
Pedro Serrato,
Tamis Bright,
Alice Anaya,
Sheena Stubbers,
Abraham Verghese
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/338022
Subject(s) - medicine , serology , liver abscess , pathology , amoebiasis , abscess , sepsis , surgery , immunology , antibody
We describe a 50-year-old man who presented with multiple liver abscesses that suggested biliary sepsis or portal pyemia. A wet preparation of a sample of aspirate showed the presence of amebic trophozoites, and subsequent serological testing for amebae was strongly reactive.
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