Hepatic amebiasis among patients in a public teaching hospital

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 829-837

  Shandera, Wayne X ^a   Bollam, Padma ^a   Hashmey, Rayhan H ^a   Athey, Patricia A ^a   Greenberg, Stephen B ^a   White Jr , A Clinton ^a  

^a BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DEHYDROEMETINE; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; DILOXANIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PAROMOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERICARDITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031719674     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199809000-00005     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. US Bureau of the Census: 1990 Census Population: Foreign-born Population in the United States. Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, 1993
2. Immigration and Naturalization Service: Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1993. Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1994
3. World Bank: World Development Report 1994: Infrastructure for Development. New York, Oxford University Press, 1994
4. Ravdin JI: Amebiasis. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 20:1453-1466
5. Walsh JA: Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica infection. Amebiasis: Human Infection by Entamoeba histolytica. Ravdin HI (ed). New York, Churchill-Livingston, 1988, pp 93-105
6. Reed SL: Amebiasis: an update. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14:1161-1162
7. Botero D: Intestinal protozoan disease. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Goldsmith R, Heyneman D (eds). Norwalk Conn, Appleton & Lange, 1989
8. Walsh JA: Problems in recognition and diagnosis of amebiasis: estimation of the global magnitude of morbidity and mortality. Rev Infect Dis 1986; 8:228-238
9. Ramos-Martinez E, Martinez-Madrigal F, Velasco-Aviles F, et al: Amebiasis: comparative study of two groups of 5,000 necropsies from the Bernardo Sepúlveda General Hospital of the National Medical Center. Arch Inv Médica 1986; 77(suppl 1):351-357
10. Sepúlveda B, Treviño-Garcia Manzo N: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of amebiasis. Amebiasis. Martínez-Palomo A (ed). Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1986, pp 170-188
11. Gutiérrez G, Ludlow A, Espinosa G, et al: National serologic survey. II. Search for antibodies against Entamoeba histolytica in Mexico. Proceedings of the International Conference on Amebiasis. Sepúlveda B, Diamond LS (eds). Mexico, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1976, pp 609-618
12. González CR, Isibasi A, Ortin-Navarrette V: Prevalence of antibodies against Entamoeba histolytica in Mexico measured by ELISA. Epidemiol Infect 1995; 115:535-543
13. Caballero-Salcedo A, Viveros-Rogel M, Salvatierra B, et al: Seroepidemiology of amebiasis in Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50:412-419
14. Escandon-Romero C, Garcia-Manzo NT, Escobedo de la Pena J, et al: Amebiasis and amebic liver abscess in Mexico: a present-day public health problem. Rev Gastroenterol Mex 1996; 61:378-386
15. Katzenstein D, Rickerson V, Braude A: New concepts of amebic liver abscess derived from hepatic imaging, serodiaenosis, and hepatic enzymes in 67 consecutive cases in San Diego. Medicine (Baltimore) 1982; 61:237-241
16. Garcia-Forcada A, Sans M, Gascon J, et al: Amebic liver abscess: review of 13 cases. Med Clin 1995; 105:537-550
17. Elsdon-Dew R: The epidemiology of amoebiasis. Adv Parasitol 1968; 6:1-62
18. Boonyapisit S, Chinapak O, Plengvanit U: Amoebic liver abscess in Thailand, clinical analysis of 418 cases. J Med Assoc Thai 1993; 76:243-246
19. Chuah S-K, Chang-Chien C-S, I-Shyen S, et al: The prognostic factors of severe amebic liver abscess: a retrospective study of 125 cases. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1992; 46:398-402
20. Weinmann AJ, Spelman DW, Spicer WJ: Indigenous invasive amoebiasis in Australia. Aust NZ J Surg 1992; 62:235-237
21. Ahmed M, McAdam KP, Sturm AW, et al: Systemic manifestations of invasive amebiasis. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15:974-982
22. Johnson JL, Baird JS, Hulbert TV, et al: Amebic liver abscess in infancy: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 19:765-767
23. Adams EB, MacLeod IN: Invasive amebiasis. II. Amebic liver abscess and its complications. Medicine 1977; 56:325-334
24. Tellez Sierra A, Cortez Ruiz L, Aust Kettis A, et al: Amebiasis in Nicaragua: class specific serum antibody responses. Arch Med Res 1992; 23:261-264
25. Mukhopadhyay DK, Srikant S, Misra A, et al: Chilaiditi's syndrome presenting as unexplained tender hepatomegaly. Postgrad Med J 1992; 68:152-153
26. Perna AM, Montesi GF: Cardiac tamponade secondary to intrapericardial rupture of a hepatic amoebic abscess. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1994; 8:106-107
27. Gomersall LN, Currie J, Jeffrey R: Amoebiasis: a rare cause of cardiac tamponade. Br Heart J 1994; 71:36-39
28. Mondragón-Sanchez R, Cortes-Espinoza T, Sánchez-Cisneros R, et al: Rupture of an amebic liver abscess into the pericardium. presentation of a case and review of current management. Hepatogastroenterology 1994; 41:585-586
29. Ozguven M, Alpler A, Karaeren N, et al: Scintigraphic detection of a pleuro-biliary fistula. postoperative complication of an amebic liver abscess. Clin Nucl Med 1993; 18:343-345
30. O'Leary C, Finch R: Amoebic psoas and liver abscesses. Postgrad Med J 1992; 68:972-973
31. Elechi EN, Etawo US: Chest complications of amoebic liver abscess: a report of six cases from Nigeria. East Afr Med J 1994; 71:189-192
32. Irusen EM, Jackson FHG, Simjee AE: Asymptomatic intestinal colonization by pathogenic Entamoeba hislolytica in amebic liver abscess: prevalence, response to therapy, and pathogenic potential. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14:889-893
33. Wee A, Nilsson B, Yap I, et al: Aspiration cytology of liver abscesses. with an emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls. Acta Cytol 1995; 39:453-462
34. Jackson TF, Gathiram V, Simjee AE: Seroepidemiological study of antibody responses to the zymodemes of Entamoeba histolytica. Lancet 1985; 1:716-719
35. Gathiram V, Jackson TF: A longitudinal study of asymptomatic carriers of pathogenic zymodemes of Entamoeba his tolytica. South Afr Med J 1987; 72:6696-6672
36. Rangel A, Mora N, Espinoza A, et al: IgA reactivity in patients with intestinal or hepatic amebiasis. Arch Med Res 1992; 23:259-260
37. Ximenez C, Leyva O, Moran P, et al: Entamoeba histolytica: antibody response to recent and past invasive events. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1993; 87:31-39
38. Baveja UK, Makkar BM, Kaur M, et al: Kinetics of specific IgM in patients of hepatic amoebiasis. Indian J Med Res 1992; 95:190-194
39. Nicholls RS, Restrepo MI, Duque S, et al: Standardization and evaluation of ELISA for the serodiagnosis of amoebic liver abscess. Mem Inst Oswaldoe Cruz 1994; 89:53-58
40. Kaur S, Vohra H, Wangoo A, et al: Entamoeba histolytica: identification of a major surface antigen in liver abscess pus using a monoclonal antibody. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1993; 87:489
41. Tachibana H, Kobayashi S, Okuzawa E, et al: Detection of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica DNA in liver abscess fluid by polymerase chain reaction. Int J Parasitol 1992; 22:1193-1196
42. Kelsall BL, Jackson TG, Gathiram V, et al: Secretory immunoglobulin A antibodies to the galactose-inhibitable adherence protein in the saliva of patients with amebic liver disease. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 51:454-459
43. Ravdin JI, Jackson TFHG, Petri WA Jr, et al: Association of serum antibodies to adherence lectin with invasive amebiasis and asymptomatic infection with pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica. J Infect Dis 1990; 162:768-772
44. Lee M, Hong ST: Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in cyst-passers by immunoblot. Korean J Parasitol 1996; 34:247-254
45. Haque R, Neville LM, Wood S, et al: Short report: detection of Entamoeba histolytica and E dispar directly in stool. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50:595-596
46. Haque R, Neville LM, Hahn P, et al: Rapid diagnosis of Entamoeba infection by using Entamoeba and Entamoeba histolytica stool antigen detection kits. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:2558-2561
47. Wattanagoon Y: Axenic cultivation of Entamoeba histolytica from liver abscess and its symptoms. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1993; 24:480-483
48. Reed SL: New concepts regarding the pathogenesis of amebiasis. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21:S182-S185
49. Guillen N: Role of signalling and cytoskeletal rearrangements in the pathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica. Trends Microbiol 1996; 4:191-197
50. Abdelouafi A, Ousehal A, Ouzidane L, et al: Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of liver abscesses. Ann Radiol 1993; 36:286-292
51. Sharma MP, Dasarathy S: Amoebic liver abscess. Trop Gastroenterol 1993; 14:3-9
52. Schweizer W, Berthold M, Naef M: Clinical aspects, etiology, diagnosis and therapy of liver abscess. a retrospective study 1984-1991. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1994; 124:1633-1639
53. Saraswat VA, Agarwal DK, Baijal SS, et al: Percutaneous catheter drainage of amoebic liver abscess. Clin Radiol 1992; 45:187-189
54. Robles PJ, Lara JG, Lancaster B: Drainage of hepatic amebic abscess successfully treated by laparoscopy. J Laparoendosc Surg 1994; 4:451454
55. Thompson JE, Forlenza S, Verma R: Amebic liver abscess: a therapeutic approach. Rev Infect Dis 1985; 7:171-179
56. Pargal A, Rao C, Bhopale KK, et al: Comparative pharmacokinetics and amoebicidal activity of metronidazole and satranidazole in the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus. J Antimicrob Chemother 1993; 32:483-489
57. Tsutsumi V, Ramirez-Rosales A, Lanz-Mendoza H, et al: Uncomplicated amebic liver abscess: prospective evaluation of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration. Radiology 1992; 183:827-830
58. Nordestgaard AG, Stapleford L, Worthen N, et al: Contemporary management of amebic liver abscess. Am Surg 1992; 58:315-320
59. Ramani A, Ramani R, Kumar MS, et al: Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of amoebic liver abscess. Postgrad Med J 1993; 69:381-383
60. Filice C, DiPerri G, Strosselli M, et al: Outcome of hepatic abscesses managed with three different therapeutic strategies. Dig Dis Sci 1992; 37:240-247
61. Van Allan RJ, Katz MD, Johnson MB, et al: Uncomplicated amebic liver abscess: prospective evaluation of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration. Radiology 1992; 183:827-830
62. McAuley JB, Juranek DD: Luminal agents in the treatment of amebiasis. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14:1161
63. Anderson MD, Oldfield EC III: Luminal agents for invasive amebiasis: nice or necessary? Am J Gastroenterol 1993; 88:964-965
64. McAuley JB, Juranek DD: Paromomycin in the treatment of mild-to-moderate intestinal amebiasis. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15:551-552
65. McAuley J, Herwaldt B, Stokes S, et al: Diloxanide furoate for treating asymptomatic Entamoeba histolytica cyst passers: 14 years' experience in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 15:464-468
66. Sharma MP, Dasarathy S, Verma N, et al: Prognostic markers in amebic liver abscess: a prospective study. Am J Gastroenterol 1996; 91:2584-2588
67. Meng WY, Wu JX: Perforated amebic liver abscess: clinical analysis of 110 cases. South Med J 1994; 87:985-990
68. Wallace RJ, Greenberg SB, Lau JM, et al: Amebic peritonitis following rupture of an amebic liver abscess. Arch Surg 1978; 113:322-325
69. Jessurun J, Barron-Rodriguez LP, Fernandez-Tinoco G, et al: The prevalence of invasive amebiasis is not increased in patients with AIDS. AIDS 1992; 6:307-309
70. Lee KC, Yamazaki O, Hamba H, et al: Analysis of 69 patients with amebic liver abscess. J Gasteroenterol 1996; 31:40-45
71. Zhang T, Stanley SL Jr: Protection of gerbils from amebic liver abscess by immunization with a recombinant protein derived from the 170-kilodalton surface adhesin of Entamoeba histolytica. Infect Immun 1994; 62:2605-2608
72. Ravdin JI, Kelsall BL: Role of mucosal secretory immunity in the development of an amebiasis vaccine. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50:36-41
73. Stanley SL: Progress towards development of a vaccine for amebiasis. Clin Microbiol Rev 1997; 10:627-629