Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

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Amebic liver abscesses resulting in diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection: Seok Weon Kim, Hyeok Choon Kwon, Seung Woo Nam, Jong Kyung Choi, Joo Won Chung, Dong Won Jang, Soo Yoen Park; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2017;34(1):96-100. Published online June 30, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2017.34.1.96

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Abstract PDF: Amebic liver abscess (ALA) is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amebiasis. Amebiasis, a parasitic infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica, used to be a prevalent protozoan disease in Korea, however, with an improving sanitary system, it has been among very uncommon etiology of liver abscess. A recent report suggested that ALA is an emerging parasitic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients even in areas where the disease is not endemic and recommended HIV screening in patients in areas where ALA is not endemic, particularly those without history of travel to a disease-endemic area. We report on two patients who were admitted for treatment of ALA and then diagnosed as HIV infection. We also reviewed the etiology and characteristics of ALA in our hospital during the last 5 years.

A Case of Liver Abscess in A Child.: Seung Taek Oh, Kwang Hae Choi; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2008;25(1):72-77. Published online June 30, 2008; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2008.25.1.72

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Liver abscess in children is rare in developed countries; the incidence is 25 per 100,000 admissions in USA. Common complications are pleural effusion, empyema, pneumonitis, hepatopleural or hepatobronchial fistula, intraperitoneal or intrapericardiac rupture, septic shock, cerebral amebiasis, etc. These complications may lead to death if the management is delayed. However, recent management results in a mortality of less than 15%. We report a case of liver abscess in a child. He manifested with fever and abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. On computerized tomography scans, multiple cystic lesions were seen in both lobes of the liver and were 5 to 55 mm in size. In laboratory findings, neutrophilic leukocytosis, peripheral eosinophila, elevated values of ESR, C-reactive protein, and elevated serum AST, ALT, ALP and GGT were detected. Furthermore, we determined the organisms in the blood culture and serum. Blood culture was positive for Streptococcus spp., and amebic indirect hemagglutination antibody titer was increased to 1:512.

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