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  3. Unusual multiple large abscesses of the liver: interest of the radiological features and the real-time PCR to distinguish between bacterial and amebic etiologies

Unusual multiple large abscesses of the liver: interest of the radiological features and the real-time PCR to distinguish between bacterial and amebic etiologies

  • Pathog Glob Health. 2014 Jan;108(1):53-7. doi: 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000121.
Guillaume Desoubeaux,  Hélène Chaussade,  Marc Thellier,  Sophie Poussing,  Frédéric Bastides,  Eric Bailly,  Philippe Lanotte,  Daniel Alison,  Laurent Brunereau,  Louis Bernard,  Jacques Chandenier
PMID: 24548161 DOI: 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000121
Abstract

We report a rare case of amebiasis generating 19 large liver abscesses. Such a quantity of abscesses is rare, especially when occurring in a young casual traveler without any immunodeficiency disorders. A possible co-infection was excluded. By contrast, the amebic etiology was confirmed by means of serology and Real-Time PCR.

Keywords

Amebiasis,; Computed tomography,; Entamoeba histolytica,; Multiple abscesses,; PCR.

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