Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema
Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. While most infections are asymptomatic, the disease could manifest clinically as amebic dysentery and/or extraintestinal invasion in the form of amebic liver abscess or other more rare manifestations such as pulmonary,...
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| description | Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. While most infections are asymptomatic, the disease could manifest clinically as amebic dysentery and/or extraintestinal invasion in the form of amebic liver abscess or other more rare manifestations such as pulmonary, cardiac, or brain involvement. Herein we are reporting a case of a 24-year-old male with history of Down syndrome who presented with severe right side pneumonia complicated with multicystic empyema resistant to regular medical therapy. Further investigation revealed a positive pleural fluid for E. histolytica cysts and trophozoites. The patient was diagnosed with primary pleuropulmonary amebiasis and he responded promptly to surgical drainage and metronidazole therapy. In patients from endemic areas all physicians should keep a high index of suspicion of amebiasis as a cause of pulmonary disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1ee38f53181f48e596089b2e6b936c4d2025-08-20T03:54:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542016-01-01201610.1155/2016/87093478709347Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic EmpyemaAli Zakaria0Bayan Al-Share1Khaled Al Asad2Istishari Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Amman 11183, JordanIstishari Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Amman 11183, JordanIstishari Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Amman 11183, JordanAmebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. While most infections are asymptomatic, the disease could manifest clinically as amebic dysentery and/or extraintestinal invasion in the form of amebic liver abscess or other more rare manifestations such as pulmonary, cardiac, or brain involvement. Herein we are reporting a case of a 24-year-old male with history of Down syndrome who presented with severe right side pneumonia complicated with multicystic empyema resistant to regular medical therapy. Further investigation revealed a positive pleural fluid for E. histolytica cysts and trophozoites. The patient was diagnosed with primary pleuropulmonary amebiasis and he responded promptly to surgical drainage and metronidazole therapy. In patients from endemic areas all physicians should keep a high index of suspicion of amebiasis as a cause of pulmonary disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8709347 |
| spellingShingle | Ali Zakaria Bayan Al-Share Khaled Al Asad Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema |
| title_full | Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema |
| title_fullStr | Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema |
| title_short | Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema |
| title_sort | primary pulmonary amebiasis complicated with multicystic empyema |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8709347 |
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