Fulminant amoebiasis in a child with recurrent multiple amoebic liver abscesses and pleuropulmonary complications

A 5-year-old boy with recurrent liver abscesses and pleural empyema, presumed to be amoebic, is described. Despite surgical drainage of the liver and thoracic wall combined with metronidazole and chloroquine, he died 7 weeks after admission.

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Published in:Annals of tropical paediatrics 2004-09, Vol.24 (3), p.267-269
Main Authors: Genel, Ferah, Atlihan, Fusun, Targan, Seref, Gulez, Nesrin, Hacikara, Sukriye, Karaca, Irfan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amebiasis - diagnosis
Amebiasis - therapy
Amibiasis
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Empyema, Pleural - diagnosis
Empyema, Pleural - parasitology
Empyema, Pleural - therapy
Fatal Outcome
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Liver Abscess, Amebic - diagnosis
Liver Abscess, Amebic - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Protozoal diseases
Recurrence
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Summary:A 5-year-old boy with recurrent liver abscesses and pleural empyema, presumed to be amoebic, is described. Despite surgical drainage of the liver and thoracic wall combined with metronidazole and chloroquine, he died 7 weeks after admission.
ISSN:0272-4936
2046-9047
1465-3281
2046-9055
DOI:10.1179/027249304225019019