title: Amebic liver abscesses masquerading as pyemic abscesses.
abstract: We describe a 50-year-old man who presented with multiple liver abscesses that suggested biliary sepsis or portal pyemia. A wet preparation of a sample of aspirate showed the presence of amebic trophozoites, and subsequent serological testing for amebae was strongly reactive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nattakom
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serrato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bright
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anaya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stubbers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verghese
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed