Amebic liver abscesses masquerading as pyemic abscesses

S Nattakom; P Serrato; T Bright; A Anaya; S Stubbers; A Verghese

doi:10.1086/338022

Amebic liver abscesses masquerading as pyemic abscesses

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Dec 15;33(12):E145-7. doi: 10.1086/338022. Epub 2001 Nov 8.

Authors

S Nattakom¹, P Serrato, T Bright, A Anaya, S Stubbers, A Verghese

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.

PMID: 11702293
DOI: 10.1086/338022

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bile Duct Diseases / diagnosis*
Bile Duct Diseases / parasitology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnosis*
Liver Abscess, Amebic / epidemiology
Liver Abscess, Amebic / parasitology
Male
Middle Aged
North America / epidemiology
Sepsis / diagnosis*
Sepsis / parasitology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed