Autochthonous amoebic liver abscess in Germany.
A liver abscess was diagnosed by sonography and surgery in a sewer-man who had never left Germany 14 weeks after he fell into a clearing basin and swallowed sewage. The causative agent of the abscess was confirmed immunologically to be Entamoeba histolytica.
D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012698:Serologic Tests