Indigenous invasive amoebiasis in Australia.
Amoebic liver abscess can occur in patients who have never travelled outside Australia. A case is reported to reinforce that Entamoeba histolytica should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all patients presenting with liver abscess, whether they have travelled abroad or not.
Weinmann
A J
AJ
Microbiology and Infectious Disease Department, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria.
Spelman
D W
DW
Spicer
W J
WJ
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan