ABSTRACT
Amebiasis is a disease commonly extended all around the world, its prevalence depending on the population under study. In Spain, most cases published are of exotic acquisition. We present the case of a married couple from Venezuela presenting two different forms of invasive amebiasis: acute colitis and hepatic abscess. In our environment, once the diagnosis of amebiasis is established, a close follow-up of the patients must be made, including the evaluation of the closest contacts. Regarding the treatment, we think that the asymptomatic forms must be treated with a luminal amebicidal and the symptomatic forms, with hystic amebicidal followed by luminal amebicidal.
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Dysentery, Amebic/diagnosis , Liver Abscess, Amebic/diagnosis , Abdomen, Acute/diagnosis , Adult , Drug Therapy, Combination , Dysentery, Amebic/drug therapy , Dysentery, Amebic/ethnology , Female , Humans , Liver Abscess, Amebic/drug therapy , Liver Abscess, Amebic/ethnology , Male , Metronidazole/administration & dosage , Paromomycin/administration & dosage , Spain , Venezuela/ethnologySubject(s)
Ascariasis/etiology , Liver Abscess/etiology , Aged , Female , Gastrointestinal Diseases/complications , Humans , RecurrenceABSTRACT
We report four patients (3 males and one female) suffering a sternoclavicular staphylococcal arthritis in whom risk factors such as parenteral drug addiction, alcoholism, diabetes, or immunosuppression were not observed. The etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, and diagnosis of this uncommon septic arthritis in reviewed.
