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CASE REPORT: A patient who developed an amoebic liver abscess during treatment with interferon
Author(s) -
MATSUO TAKU,
SHINZAWA HARUHIDE,
SUGAHARA KAZUHIKO,
MITSUHASHI HIDEKI,
WATANABE HISAYOSHI,
ABE TAKASHI,
OHNO SHIGERU,
TERASHITA MASAKI,
SAITO KOUJI,
SAITO TAKAFUMI,
MISAWA HIROYUKI,
TOGASHI HITOSHI,
TAKAHASHI TSUNEO
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00572.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amoebic liver abscess , entamoeba histolytica , subclinical infection , autopsy , liver abscess , abscess , gastroenterology , amoebiasis , hepatitis , alpha interferon , interferon alfa , interferon , surgery , immunology
A 65‐year‐old female received recombinant interferon (IFN) α‐2b daily for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Fever (39°C or higher) developed 14 days after the start of administration. Abdominal computed tomography suggested multiple liver abscesses, which had not been detected before IFN administration. An autopsy revealed an amoebic liver abscess. A subclinical infection of Entamoeba histolytica in this case developed into amoebic liver abscess during IFN administration.