Ascariasis as a cause of hepatic abscess: A report of 3 cases.

Abstract:

:We receive around 60 cases of hepatic abscess in a year. The commonest diagnosis reached at the time of discharge is amoebic liver abscess. The diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess is mostly presumptive and thus the patients are usually given a mixed treatment with injection ceftriaxone and tablet metronidazole. Here we report three cases of hepatic abscess diagnosed recently, where ascariasis was the probable etiology. Ascariasis may be a much commoner cause of hepatic abscesses in this region than we think.

journal_name

Indian J Med Microbiol

authors

Chauhan V,Thakur S,Rana B

doi

10.4103/0255-0857.158576

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-07-01 00:00:00

pages

427-9

issue

3

eissn

0255-0857

issn

1998-3646

pii

IndianJMedMicrobiol_2015_33_3_427_158576

journal_volume

33

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