INDIGENOUS INVASIVE AMEBIASIS IN AUSTRALIA

Authors
WEINMANN AJ SPELMAN DW SPICER WJ
Citation
Aj. Weinmann et al., INDIGENOUS INVASIVE AMEBIASIS IN AUSTRALIA, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 62(3), 1992, pp. 235-237
Citations number
NO
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
1992
Pages
235 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1992)62:3<235:IIAIA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Amoebic liver abscess can occur in patients who have never travelled o utside Australia. A case is reported to reinforce that Entamoeba histo lytica should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all patie nts presenting with liver abscess, whether they have travelled abroad or not.