Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report

Amebic liver abscesses should be considered in adult males with a liver abscess and a history of travel to endemic areas. Effective treatment includes metronidazole, followed by paromomycin.

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Autores principales: Noveir, Sasan D., Hoang, Anh, Li, Katherine, Lam, John C., Akkad, Khushboo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10622399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37927979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8138
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spelling pubmed-106223992023-11-04 Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report Noveir, Sasan D. Hoang, Anh Li, Katherine Lam, John C. Akkad, Khushboo Clin Case Rep Case Report Amebic liver abscesses should be considered in adult males with a liver abscess and a history of travel to endemic areas. Effective treatment includes metronidazole, followed by paromomycin. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10622399/ /pubmed/37927979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8138 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Noveir, Sasan D.
Hoang, Anh
Li, Katherine
Lam, John C.
Akkad, Khushboo
Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report
title Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report
title_full Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report
title_fullStr Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report
title_short Recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: A rare case report
title_sort recurrent amebic liver abscesses despite metronidazole treatment: a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10622399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37927979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8138
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