Abstract:
:One hundred forty patients with pleuropulmonary amebiasis were classified radiographically in order to rationalize therapy based on the use of metronidazole. Amebic testing with gel diffusion, serial chest x-ray films, and observation of the patient's response to treatment have dominated management of the patients, 135 of whom made a successful recovery. Five patients died. Sixty percent of the surviving patients have been reviewed at a follow-up clinic, and there has been no instance of recurrence of amebiasis.
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Cameron EWdoi
10.1378/chest.73.5.647subject
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