Flexible bronchoscopy findings in lung amoebiasis: a case report
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Tarih
2012
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Drunpp-Sarajevo
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
The protozoon Entamoeba histolytica is an agent of human amoebiasis. Amoebiasis is common around the world, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. About 90% of infections are asymptomatic, while the remaining 10% are characterized by dysentery and abscesses observable in the liver or other organs. The liver is the organ most commonly affected by extraintestinal amoebiasis. Pulmonary and invasive amoebiasis is seen in 2-3% of patients, but isolated pulmonary amoebiasis is rarely seen in the pediatric age group. In this study, a 14 year old male patient diagnosed with isolated pulmonary amoebiasis is presented. Diagnosis was based on the detection of trophozoites through direct examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained by flexible bronchoscopy, and the presence of amoebic IgG in the blood. Three weeks of metronidazole combined with antimicrobial treatment significantly improved the patient's clinical and radiologic findings. The aim of this report was to present a rare case of childhood pulmonary amoebiasis without liver or other organ involvement and to demonstrate the efficacy of flexible bronchoscopy for diagnosis.
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Children, amoeba, lung, bronchoscopy
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Healthmed
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N/A
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N/A
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6
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11
