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Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation
Amebiasis is an endemic protozoal infection in developing countries. Extra-intestinal involvement in the form of abscess is frequently seen in liver and lungs. The occurrence of amebic brain abscess is a rare and life-threatening presentation of systemic amebiasis. Here, we report a case of a young...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775293 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_29_19 |
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author | Bauddh, Nitesh Kumar Jadon, Ranveer Singh Ranjan, Piyush Vikram, NK |
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description | Amebiasis is an endemic protozoal infection in developing countries. Extra-intestinal involvement in the form of abscess is frequently seen in liver and lungs. The occurrence of amebic brain abscess is a rare and life-threatening presentation of systemic amebiasis. Here, we report a case of a young male who simultaneously presented with amebic liver and brain abscesses. He was successfully managed with intravenous metronidazole, other antibiotics, and drainage of both brain and hepatic abscesses along with supportive measures. The rare occurrence of this simultaneous presentation of amebic hepatic and brain abscess, prompted us to report this case. |
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spelling | pubmed-73655102020-08-07 Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation Bauddh, Nitesh Kumar Jadon, Ranveer Singh Ranjan, Piyush Vikram, NK Trop Parasitol Dispatches Amebiasis is an endemic protozoal infection in developing countries. Extra-intestinal involvement in the form of abscess is frequently seen in liver and lungs. The occurrence of amebic brain abscess is a rare and life-threatening presentation of systemic amebiasis. Here, we report a case of a young male who simultaneously presented with amebic liver and brain abscesses. He was successfully managed with intravenous metronidazole, other antibiotics, and drainage of both brain and hepatic abscesses along with supportive measures. The rare occurrence of this simultaneous presentation of amebic hepatic and brain abscess, prompted us to report this case. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7365510/ /pubmed/32775293 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_29_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Dispatches Bauddh, Nitesh Kumar Jadon, Ranveer Singh Ranjan, Piyush Vikram, NK Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation |
title | Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation |
title_full | Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation |
title_fullStr | Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation |
title_short | Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation |
title_sort | metastatic amebic brain abscess: a rare presentation |
topic | Dispatches |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7365510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32775293 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_29_19 |
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