CASE-REPORT - A PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED AN AMEBIC LIVER-ABSCESS DURING TREATMENT WITH INTERFERON

Authors
MATSUO T SHINZAWA H SUGAHARA K MITSUHASHI H WATANABE H ABE T OHNO S TERASHITA M SAITO K SAITO T MISAWA H TOGASHI H TAKAHASHI T
Citation
T. Matsuo et al., CASE-REPORT - A PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED AN AMEBIC LIVER-ABSCESS DURING TREATMENT WITH INTERFERON, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 13(10), 1998, pp. 1068-1071
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08159319
Volume
13
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1068 - 1071
Database
ISI
SICI code
0815-9319(1998)13:10<1068:C-APWD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A 65-year-old female received recombinant interferon (IFN) alpha-2b da ily for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Fever (39 degrees C or h igher) developed 14 days after the start of administration. Abdominal computed tomography suggested multiple liver abscesses, which had not been detected before IFN administration, An autopsy revealed an amoebi c liver abscess. A subclinical infection of Entamoeba histolytica in t his case developed into amoebic liver abscess during IFN administratio n.