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CASE REPORTS: INDIGENOUS INVASIVE AMOEBIASIS IN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Weinmann Allison J.,
Spelman Denis W.,
Spicer W. John
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb05468.x
Subject(s) - medicine , entamoeba histolytica , amoebiasis , amoebic liver abscess , indigenous , liver abscess , differential diagnosis , abscess , general surgery , surgery , pathology , immunology , ecology , biology
Amoebic liver abscess can occur in patients who have never travelled outside Australia. A case is reported to reinforce that Entamoeba histolytica should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all patients presenting with liver abscess, whether they have travelled abroad or not.