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1006758

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
Eighty-eight African patients with amoebic liver abscess are described. The diagnosis was readily made in pyrexial patients who had right-sided upper abdominal pain, an enlarged, very tender liver and signs at the right base. However, in apyrexial subjects (10%) and where abdominal pain was absent (7%), the diagnosis was considerably delayed. Five children (7%) were seen under the age of five, four of whom died because the diagnosis was not suspected. It is particularly emphasized that there should be a greater awareness of this condition in this age group. Amoebae were found in only a small percentage of stool (14%) and pus specimens (11%), while biopsy of the abscess edge yielded 40%. The relative values of a positive amoebic latex test (82%) and an elevated alkaline phosphatase (71%) are noted. In only half the aspirations was the classical anchovy sauce appearance seen. Metronidazole is the drug of choice with repeated aspirations for large abscesses. Mortality was 13-5%, occurring mainly in the extremes of life.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
302-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Amoebic liver abscess in Rhodesian Africans.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article