Autochthonous amebic liver abscess in Spain: An emerging disease? Case report and description of a PCR-based diagnostic test;Absceso hepático amebiano autóctono en España: ¿una enfermedad emergente? Descripción de 2 nuevos casos clínicos y de una técnica diagnóstica basada en la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 326-330

  Gutiérrez Cisneros, Ma José ^a   Martín Rabadán, Pablo ^b   Menchén, Luís ^b   García Lechuz, Juan Manuel ^c   Fuentes, Isabel ^a   Gárate, Teresa ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Emerging parasite; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHLOROQUINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRAINAGE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROMOMYCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

EID: 67849097194     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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