THE RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF HEPATIC AMEBIASIS
Authors: D C ZAVALA, H E HAMILTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 January 1952THE RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF HEPATIC AMEBIASISDONALD C. ZAVALA, M.D., HENRY E. HAMILTON, M.D.DONALD C. ZAVALA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY E. HAMILTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-110 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHepatic amebiasis is a serious disorder and often it is not diagnosed. The variability and multiplicity of complaints frequently focus the clinician's attention on other disease entities. The process may be mild and the symptoms vague. The disease may be overlooked until the patient presents himself with a large liver abscess or other serious complications. Even then the diagnosis is sometimes not thought of until the patient is operated on or reaches the autopsy room. It is important that the diagnosis be made as early as possible, since delay in recognition results in an increase in morbidity and mortality.The...Bibliography1. Banker DD: Amoebic abscess of the liver, Indian Physician 6: 254-262, 1947. See also Trop. Dis. Bull. 45: 338-340, 1948. Google Scholar2. LoeberD'Antoni MJS: Some recent experiences with amebiasis in children, New Orleans M. and S. J. 100: 276-278, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Craig CF: Amebiasis and the complement-fixation test, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 1: 1337-1342, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. HusseyBrown KLHW: The complement fixation test for hepatic amebiasis, Am. J. Trop. Med. 30: 147-157, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. BerberianDennisPipkin DAECA: The effectiveness of bismuthoxy p-N-glycolylarsanilate (Milibis) in the treatment of intestinal amebiasis, Am. J. Trop. Med. 30: 613-623, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. AndersonJohnstonePacker HHHGH: Incidence and control of amebiasis and other intestinal protozoan infections in a Memphis hospital, Am. J. Trop. Med. 28: 373-382, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. D'Antoni JS: Further observations on amebic and bacillary colitis in the New Orleans area, Am. J. Trop. Med. 23: 237-242, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. McVayLairdSprunt LVRLDH: The treatment of amebiasis with aureomycin, South. M. J. 43: 308-313, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Hughes JD: Treatment of amebiasis with aureomycin. Report of thirty-eight cases, J. A. M. A. 142: 1052-1054, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MostVan Assendelft HF: Laboratory and clinical observations on the effect of terramycin in the treatment of amebiasis, Ann. New York Acad. Sc. 53: 427-428, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Conan NJ: Chloroquine in amebiasis, Am. J. Trop. Med. 28: 107-110, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Conan NJ: The treatment of amebic hepatitis with chloroquine, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 24: 545-546, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. Hargreaves WH: The treatment of amebiasis with special reference to chronic amebic dysentery, Quart. J. Med. 57: 1-23, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. ArmstrongElsdon-DewMarot TGRRJ: Amebiasis in the African, South African M. J. 23: 369-374, 1949. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 24, 1951.From the Department of Internal Medicine of the College of Medicine of the State University of Iowa and the University Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLeft lobe amoebic liver abscessImported tropical disease, amoebiasis and other liver disordersA ten-year review of amebic abscess of the liver: 1956–1966Fever Patterns in a Case of Hepatic AmebiasisAmebic Hepatitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown OriginAcute Liver Disease: Its Causes and TreatmentEXPERIENCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY OF AMEBIASIS: AN ANALYSIS OF 50 CASES*NELSON J. WEISER, EUGENE SPIOTTA, PIERRE EKMAN 1 January 1952Volume 36, Issue 1Page: 110-125KeywordsAbscessesAmebiasisAutopsyHospital medicineLiverLiver diseasesMorbidityMortality Issue Published: 1 January 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...