Amebic liver abscesses masquerading as pyemic abscesses.
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.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Serrato
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Bright
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Anaya
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Stubbers
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Verghese
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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