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- Title
A rare case of extraintestinal amebiasis.
- Authors
Fu, Bao; Wang, Jinjing; Fu, Xiaoyun
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Amoebiasis is caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, which is a rare infectious disease in developed countries. If the trophozoites enter the blood, it can spread through the body, such as brain, and lungs. Cases of simultaneous infection of multiple organs are extremely rare.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>Here we report a case of simultaneous infection of amoeba in pulmonary pleura, urinary system and central nervous system. Although the patient received anti amoeba treatment, the prognosis of the patient was poor.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>In this patient, multiple extraintestinal amebic infections in the absence of clinically confirmed intestinal amebiasis or amebic liver abscess are rare and pose diagnostic challenges. The disseminated amebiasis has significantly increased the mortality. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment may reduce the mortality of disseminated amebiasis.
- Subjects
AMEBIASIS; LIVER abscesses; CENTRAL nervous system; ENTAMOEBA histolytica; COMMUNICABLE diseases; DEVELOPED countries
- Publication
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2334
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12879-022-07348-9