Tropical Medicine & Surgery

Cardenas Jose Martin

Publications

• Case Report
  Supra-Infected Hepatic and Renal Amebic Abscesses-A Case Report
  Author(s): Manizate Fotini*, Cardenas Jose Martin, Hameer Muneer and Chirurgi RogerManizate Fotini*, Cardenas Jose Martin, Hameer Muneer and Chirurgi Roger
  
  We describe the case of a 69-year-old man referred from a nursing home facility for acute severe anemia. On presentation, the patient complained of fever, chills, and abdominal pain. Physical exam was significant for a fever of 103.8 F, pale conjunctivae, rales over the right lung base and direct tenderness to palpation overlying the right upper quadrant. Laboratory analysis revealed a normocytic normochromic anemia of 6.7 g/dL, leukocytosis of 17.2 K/μL, elevated creatinine and hepatic function panel with a urinalysis remarkable for turbid cloudy appearing urine, positive for leucocyte esterase and white blood cells. Abdominal Ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast revealed a 9.2 cm in maximal diameter low-density collection in the posterior aspect of the right lobe of the liver contiguous with a 7.2 cm maximal diameter multi-lo.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9088.1000158

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