[Amebic liver abscess and amebic colitis in a couple].
Amebiasis is a disease commonly extended all around the world, its prevalence depending on the population under study. In Spain, most cases published are of exotic acquisition. We present the case of a married couple from Venezuela presenting two different forms of invasive amebiasis: acute colitis and hepatic abscess. In our environment, once the diagnosis of amebiasis is established, a close follow-up of the patients must be made, including the evaluation of the closest contacts. Regarding the treatment, we think that the asymptomatic forms must be treated with a luminal amebicidal and the symptomatic forms, with hystic amebicidal followed by luminal amebicidal.
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
F
F
de la Iglesia
J C
JC
García
M
M
Iraburu
A
A
Armesto
I
I
Bermúdez
J A
JA
Lorenzo-Porto
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010303:Paromomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013030:Spain; D014687:Venezuela / Q000208:ethnology
D008795:Metronidazole; D010303:Paromomycin
Absceso amebiano hepático y colitis amebiana en una pareja.