An amebic lung abscess: report of a case.
Recently the number of amebiasis cases has increased in Japan. Pleuropulmonary amebiasis is a very rare complication of liver amebiasis. We report herein the case of a 54-year-old man presenting with an amebic lung abscess in his right lower lung. The diagnosis of lung amebiasis was established from a direct examination of the pus in which trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica were detected. After the oral administration of metronidazole, the laboratory findings improved and he thus underwent a right lower lobectomy. He was discharged without any relapse of infection 20 days after a thoracotomy. We conclude that a protozoan infection should thus be suspected in the case of a pleuropulmonary infection in which several types of antibiotics prove to be ineffective.
Teramoto
K
K
Respiratory Division, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Nishikyo, Japan.
Yamashita
N
N
Kuwabara
M
M
Hanawa
T
T
Matsui
T
T
Matsubara
Y
Y
D000562:Amebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008795:Metronidazole