Literature DB >> 8198889

Amoebiasis: a rare cause of cardiac tamponade.

L N Gomersall1, J Currie, R Jeffrey.   

Abstract

Cardiac tamponade secondary to perforation of a hepatic amoebic abscess developed six years after the patient had visited an area where Entamoeba histolytica is endemic. He was treated with metronidazole and imipenem, emergency percutaneous catheter drainage, and open surgical drainage.

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Year:  1994        PMID: 8198889      PMCID: PMC483689          DOI: 10.1136/hrt.71.4.368

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br Heart J        ISSN: 0007-0769


  8 in total

1.  Fatal amebiasis: report of 148 fatal cases from the Armed Forces Institutes of Pathology.

Authors:  B H KEAN; H R GILMORE; W W VAN STONE
Journal:  Ann Intern Med       Date:  1956-05       Impact factor: 25.391

2.  Perforated amebic liver abscesses: successful percutaneous treatment.

Authors:  J G Ken; E vanSonnenberg; G Casola; R Christensen; A M Polansky
Journal:  Radiology       Date:  1989-01       Impact factor: 11.105

3.  Invasive amebiasis. II. Amebic liver abscess and its complications.

Authors:  E B Adams; I N MacLeod
Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  1977-07       Impact factor: 1.889

4.  Medical treatment of hepatic amebic abscess: rare need for percutaneous drainage.

Authors:  P W Ralls; P F Barnes; M B Johnson; K M De Cock; D R Radin; J Halls
Journal:  Radiology       Date:  1987-12       Impact factor: 11.105

5.  Percutaneous catheter drainage of amoebic liver abscess.

Authors:  V A Saraswat; D K Agarwal; S S Baijal; S Roy; G Choudhuri; R K Dhiman; L Bhandari; S R Naik
Journal:  Clin Radiol       Date:  1992-03       Impact factor: 2.350

6.  CT of amebic liver abscess.

Authors:  D R Radin; P W Ralls; P M Colletti; J M Halls
Journal:  AJR Am J Roentgenol       Date:  1988-06       Impact factor: 3.959

7.  Intrahepatic amebic abscesses: indications for and results of percutaneous catheter drainage.

Authors:  E vanSonnenberg; P R Mueller; H R Schiffman; J T Ferrucci; G Casola; J F Simeone; O A Cabrera; B B Gosink
Journal:  Radiology       Date:  1985-09       Impact factor: 11.105

8.  Thoracic complications of amebic abscess of the liver: report of 501 cases.

Authors:  C Ibarra-Pérez
Journal:  Chest       Date:  1981-06       Impact factor: 9.410

  8 in total
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Review 1.  Clinical significance of enteric protozoa in the immunosuppressed human population.

Authors:  D Stark; J L N Barratt; S van Hal; D Marriott; J Harkness; J T Ellis
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2009-10       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  Huge Amoebic Liver Abscess in the Left Lobe Treated by Oral Administration of Metronidazole.

Authors:  Yasunori Inaba; Naoya Izawa; Mutsumi Ishikawa; Akira Yamamiya; Koki Hoshi; Takahiro Arisaka; Yuichi Majima; Keiichi Tominaga; Makoto Iijima; Kenichi Goda; Atsushi Irisawa
Journal:  Intern Med       Date:  2020-07-28       Impact factor: 1.271

3.  Amoebic Hepato-Pericardial Fistula Complicating Amoebic Liver Abscess Treated With Pericardiotomy: A Case Report.

Authors:  Hamada Alsheikh; Nour Shaheen; Ahmed Shaheen; Saleh Raslan; Mostafa Meshref; Yara Amro; Sarya Swed; Abdulqadir J Nashwan
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2022-08-22
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