Amoebic liver abscess was suspected because of the risk factors, single solitary liver lesion, and "anchovy paste" aspirate. Blood and aspiration cultures were negative, but amoebiasis serology was ...

A high rate of amoebic liver abscess in this series (37.1%) was demonstrated; Gram-negative aerobes were the major abscess pathogens.

Drug-induced liver injury cases are increasing, with common medications and supplements posing hidden dangers, especially for vulnerable populations.

Amoebic serology revealed an indirect fluorescent antibody test titre of 1:160, indicating amoebic liver abscess. A positive cellulose acetate precipitin test confirmed this.

Additionally, all cases positive for amoebiasis had negative culture results. The other 12 cases with unknown causative pathogen were given treatment as pyogenic liver abscess, and the patients ...

Introduction Liver abscess refers to purulent lesions of liver tissue, which are caused by infection by various purulent microorganisms. It is clinically categorized into three types: bacterial, ...

The symptoms of hepatic abscess include pain or discomfort over the liver, with occasional reference to the right shoulder, irregular and intermittent fever, sweats, chills, nausea, vomiting ...

For research papers The BMJ has fully open peer review. This means that accepted research papers published from early 2015 onwards usually have their prepublication history posted alongside them on ...

Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is caused by protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica, a common parasite infection in tropical countries. The estimated worldwide prevalence of ALA is about 50 million ...

However, a subset of patients with amoebic liver abscesses remain symptomatic, with a significant risk of rupture of the abscess into the peritoneum. The role of image-guided percutaneous therapeutic ...

Amoebic liver abscess is diagnosed with a combination of typical imaging findings and positive amoebiasis serology. Drainage of amoebic liver abscesses is not recommended as a routine treatment unless ...