[Relapse of an amebic abscess of the liver after treatment with metronidazole].

Abstract

The authors report the observation of a twenty four years old soldier; subsequent to a stay in an endemic amoebic area, he showed several successive dysenteric episodes which were treated with metronidazole despite the absence of amoeba in the coprological examination. During one of these episodes, he presented a single rectal ulceration, then a hepatic abscess was observed four months later. The patient was treated with metronidazole and by contact amoebicides. In spite of that, amoeba were disclosed after a parasitological stool examination.

• Authors: C Gras, E Renoux, G Alandry, B Oddes, P Aubry
• Journal: Annales de gastroenterologie et d'hepatologie (Ann Gastroenterol Hepatol (Paris)) 1987 Mar-Apr Vol. 23 Issue 2 Pg. 63-6 ISSN: 0066-2070 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Rechute in situ d'un abcès amibien du foie après traitement au métronidazole.
• PMID: 3296938 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Metronidazole

Topics

• Adult
• Humans
• Liver Abscess, Amebic (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Male
• Metronidazole (therapeutic use)
• Recurrence
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Ultrasonography