Successful surgical drainage with intraoperative ultrasonography for amebic liver abscess refractory to metronidazole and percutaneous drainage: a case report

BACKGROUND: Metronidazole (MNZ) has been clearly established as a medication for amebic liver abscess. In uncomplicated cases, surgical drainage should be avoided. We report a case of amebic liver abscess refractory to MNZ that was successfully treated using preoperative computed tomography (CT) and...

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Autores principales: Kouzu, Keita, Einama, Takahiro, Nishikawa, Makoto, Fukumura, Makiko, Nagata, Hiromi, Iwasaki, Toshimitsu, Miyata, Yoichi, Obuchi, Yasuhiro, Hase, Kazuo, Ueno, Hideki, Kishi, Yoji, Yamamoto, Junji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32448287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00776-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32448287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00776-x

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