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Amoebic liver abscess in Thailand, clinical analysis of 418 cases. 1993

S Boonyapisit, and O Chinapak, and U Plengvanit

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

From 1975 to 1983, 418 cases of amoebic liver abscess were admitted to the Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital without definite increase or decrease in the overall incidence and without seasonal preponderance. The age range was 16-81 yrs and mean age 42.4 yrs. Male to female ratio was 5:1. Pertinent clinical features were pain, fever and hepatomegaly with predominant involvement of the right lobe. Principal treatment consisted of needle aspiration combined with amoebicidal drugs, i.e. metronidazole, tinidazole and ornidazole. The efficacy of each was similar. Surgical drainage was required in only 2.1 per cent of uncomplicated cases and mortality rate was 0.7 per cent. Ruptures into pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavity were found in 15.4 per cent and secondary infection in 11.9 per cent. Mortality rate of cases with complication was 7.14 per cent. Length of hospital stay was 12.8 days for the uncomplicated cases and 24.1 days for cases with complications (excluding the nonsurvivals).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008101	Liver Abscess, Amebic	Single or multiple areas of PUS due to infection by any ameboid protozoa (AMEBIASIS). A common form is caused by the ingestion of ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA.	Abscess, Amebic, Hepatic,Abscess, Hepatic, Amebic,Abscess, Liver, Amebic,Amebiasis, Hepatic,Entamoebiasis, Hepatic,Hepatic Amebiasis,Hepatic Entamoebiasis,Amoebiasis, Hepatic,Hepatic Abscess, Amoebic,Hepatic Amoebiasis,Liver Abscess, Amoebic,Abscess, Amebic Liver,Abscess, Amoebic Hepatic,Abscess, Amoebic Liver,Abscesses, Amebic Liver,Abscesses, Amoebic Hepatic,Abscesses, Amoebic Liver,Amebic Liver Abscess,Amebic Liver Abscesses,Amoebic Hepatic Abscess,Amoebic Hepatic Abscesses,Amoebic Liver Abscess,Amoebic Liver Abscesses,Entamoebiases, Hepatic,Hepatic Abscesses, Amoebic,Hepatic Entamoebiases,Liver Abscesses, Amebic,Liver Abscesses, Amoebic
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D013785	Thailand	Formerly known as Siam, this is a Southeast Asian nation at the center of the Indochina peninsula. Bangkok is the capital city.	Kingdom of Thailand,Siam