Acute fascioliasis with multiple liver abscesses.
Human fascioliasis is distributed worldwide with several foci of high endemicity. Being a rare disease in Europe, we describe here a case in the initial hepatic phase of the disease. Therapeutic and, with reference to the 2 distinct stages of disease, diagnostic standards are discussed.
Teichmann
D
D
Medical Clinic (Infectious Diseases), Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Grobusch
M P
MP
Göbels
K
K
Müller
H P
HP
Koehler
W
W
Suttorp
N
N
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005210:Fasciola hepatica; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male