Amoebic psoas and liver abscesses.
A 28 year old woman with a history of a dysenteric illness and documented Campylobacter infection presented with amoebic psoas and liver abscesses. A review of the literature of the last 20 years did not yield any reports of an amoebic psoas abscess.
O'Leary
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Department of Microbial Diseases, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Finch
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D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000276:immunology; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan