"Liver Abscess, Amebic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Single or multiple areas of PUS due to infection by any ameboid protozoa (AMEBIASIS). A common form is caused by the ingestion of ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA.
| Descriptor ID |
D008101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.830.025.020.455.460 C03.518.600 C03.752.049.703 C06.552.597.517 C06.552.664.642
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| Concept/Terms |
Liver Abscess, Amebic- Liver Abscess, Amebic
- Abscess, Amebic Liver
- Abscesses, Amebic Liver
- Amebic Liver Abscess
- Amebic Liver Abscesses
- Liver Abscesses, Amebic
- Hepatic Amebiasis
- Abscess, Liver, Amebic
- Hepatic Amoebiasis
- Abscess, Amebic, Hepatic
- Abscess, Hepatic, Amebic
- Liver Abscess, Amoebic
- Abscess, Amoebic Liver
- Abscesses, Amoebic Liver
- Amoebic Liver Abscess
- Amoebic Liver Abscesses
- Liver Abscesses, Amoebic
- Amoebiasis, Hepatic
- Amebiasis, Hepatic
- Hepatic Abscess, Amoebic
- Abscess, Amoebic Hepatic
- Abscesses, Amoebic Hepatic
- Amoebic Hepatic Abscess
- Amoebic Hepatic Abscesses
- Hepatic Abscesses, Amoebic
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Liver Abscess, Amebic" by people in Profiles.
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Seeto RK, Rockey DC. Amebic liver abscess: epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome. West J Med. 1999 Feb; 170(2):104-9.
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Wintch RW, Reines HD, Rambo WM. Liver abscess: a changing entity. Am Surg. 1982 Jan; 48(1):11-5.
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Lushbaugh WB, Kairalla AB, Hofbauer AF, Pittman FE. Sequential histopathology of cavitary liver abscess. Formation induced by axenically grown Entamoeba histolytica. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1980 Nov; 104(11):575-9.
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Lushbaugh WB, Kairalla AB, Hofbauer AF, Pittman FE. Sequential histopathology of cavitary liver abscess formation induced by axenically grown Entamoeba histolytica. Arch Invest Med (Mex). 1980; 11(1 Suppl):163-8.
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Lushbaugh WB, Kairalla AB, Loadholt CB, Pittman FE. Effect of hamster liver passage on the virulence of axenically cultivated Entamoeba histolytica. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1978 Mar; 27(2 Pt 1):248-54.
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Pittman FE, Pittman JC. Amebic liver abscess following metronidazole therapy for amebic colitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1974 Mar; 23(2):146-50.
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Pittman FE. Letter: Treatment of amoebic colitis. Lancet. 1973 Dec 08; 2(7841):1325-6.