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Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication
Amebiasis is still a major healthcare concern, especially in developing countries like Ecuador. The lack of sanitary control and hygiene measures make parasites infections still a burden for patients and physicians. Despite infections due to this parasites are usually mild, severe infections and fat...
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2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232277/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy297 |
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author | Guzmán, Lenin J Molina, Gabriel A Cevallos, Jaime M Gálvez, Patricio F Moyon, Fernando X Moyon, Miguel A Lopez, Sandra C |
author_facet | Guzmán, Lenin J Molina, Gabriel A Cevallos, Jaime M Gálvez, Patricio F Moyon, Fernando X Moyon, Miguel A Lopez, Sandra C |
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description | Amebiasis is still a major healthcare concern, especially in developing countries like Ecuador. The lack of sanitary control and hygiene measures make parasites infections still a burden for patients and physicians. Despite infections due to this parasites are usually mild, severe infections and fatal outcomes although rare still occur. Bowel perforation is a rare complication of amebiasis, and unfortunately, it continues to be almost fatal. We present a case of an Ecuadorian patient who presented to the emergency room with an acute abdomen, despite adequate surgery and critical care, the patient regrettably died. Bowel perforation due to Entamoeba histolytica was the final diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-62322772018-11-15 Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication Guzmán, Lenin J Molina, Gabriel A Cevallos, Jaime M Gálvez, Patricio F Moyon, Fernando X Moyon, Miguel A Lopez, Sandra C J Surg Case Rep Case Report Amebiasis is still a major healthcare concern, especially in developing countries like Ecuador. The lack of sanitary control and hygiene measures make parasites infections still a burden for patients and physicians. Despite infections due to this parasites are usually mild, severe infections and fatal outcomes although rare still occur. Bowel perforation is a rare complication of amebiasis, and unfortunately, it continues to be almost fatal. We present a case of an Ecuadorian patient who presented to the emergency room with an acute abdomen, despite adequate surgery and critical care, the patient regrettably died. Bowel perforation due to Entamoeba histolytica was the final diagnosis. Oxford University Press 2018-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6232277/ /pubmed/30443315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy297 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Guzmán, Lenin J Molina, Gabriel A Cevallos, Jaime M Gálvez, Patricio F Moyon, Fernando X Moyon, Miguel A Lopez, Sandra C Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
title | Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
title_full | Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
title_fullStr | Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
title_full_unstemmed | Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
title_short | Colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
title_sort | colonic perforation due to amebiasis, a rare and lethal complication |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232277/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy297 |
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