Use of PCR in the diagnosis of pericardial amebiasis: a case report and systematic review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) is rarely identified as a cause of amebic pericarditis. We report a case of amebic pericarditis complicated by cardiac tamponade, in which the diagnosis was missed initially and was made retrospectively by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of...

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Autores principales: Matsuo, Takahiro, Saito, Akira, Kawai, Fujimi, Ishikawa, Kazuhiro, Hasegawa, Ryo, Suzuki, Takahiro, Fujino, Takahisa, Kinoshita, Katsuhito, Asano, Taku, Mizuno, Atsushi, Yagita, Kenji, Komiyama, Nobuyuki, Uehara, Yuki, Mori, Nobuyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34530739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06590-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34530739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06590-x

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