A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting
Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. E histolytica is widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, causing up to 40 million infections annually. The parasite is transmitte...
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| author | Terry Wuerz Jennifer B Kane Andrea K Boggild Sigmund Krajden Jay S Keystone Milan Fuksa Kevin C Kain Ralph Warren John Kempston Joe Anderson |
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| description | Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. E histolytica is widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, causing up to 40 million infections annually. The parasite is transmitted via the fecal-oral route, and once it establishes itself in the colon, it has the propensity to invade the mucosa, leading to ulceration and colitis, and to disseminate to distant extraintestinal sites, the most common of which is the liver. The authors provide a topical review of ALA and summarize clinical data from a series of 29 patients with ALA presenting to seven hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, a nonendemic setting, over 30 years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-84e4fbb6e819491eb280d64f0997d1e32025-02-03T06:06:35ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002012-01-01261072973310.1155/2012/852835A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic SettingTerry Wuerz0Jennifer B Kane1Andrea K Boggild2Sigmund Krajden3Jay S Keystone4Milan Fuksa5Kevin C Kain6Ralph Warren7John Kempston8Joe Anderson9Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Toronto, CanadaTropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, CanadaSt Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, CanadaSt Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, CanadaSt Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSt Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSt Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAmoebic liver abscess (ALA) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. E histolytica is widely distributed throughout the tropics and subtropics, causing up to 40 million infections annually. The parasite is transmitted via the fecal-oral route, and once it establishes itself in the colon, it has the propensity to invade the mucosa, leading to ulceration and colitis, and to disseminate to distant extraintestinal sites, the most common of which is the liver. The authors provide a topical review of ALA and summarize clinical data from a series of 29 patients with ALA presenting to seven hospitals in Toronto, Ontario, a nonendemic setting, over 30 years.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/852835 |
| spellingShingle | Terry Wuerz Jennifer B Kane Andrea K Boggild Sigmund Krajden Jay S Keystone Milan Fuksa Kevin C Kain Ralph Warren John Kempston Joe Anderson A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting |
| title_full | A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting |
| title_short | A Review of Amoebic Liver Abscess for Clinicians in a Nonendemic Setting |
| title_sort | review of amoebic liver abscess for clinicians in a nonendemic setting |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/852835 |
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