Amebic pleuro-pericarditis.
Author's report a case of visceral amebiasis in a 26 year old woman, clinically characterized by pericarditis, without any other symptoms related to organs usually interested in such disease. It was possible to reach an etiological diagnosis by indirect hemagglutination assay. The successful treatment with metronidazole confirmed the etiology "ex adjuvantibus".
Lami
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Instituto di clinica delle malattie infettive e tropicali, Università degli studi di Modena.
Mongiardo
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Zanchetta
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G
De Rienzo
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B
Pellegrino
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Squadrini
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D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014195:Travel; D014416:Tunisia
D008795:Metronidazole