Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen

Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen

Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis. Extrahepatic amoebic abscesses have occasionally been described in the lung, brain, and skin and presumably result from hematogenous spread. Isolated amoebic abscess of spleen has been reported scarcely in literatu...

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Main Authors: Kaushik M, Mahajan S, Raina R, Babu S, Raghav S, Sood S, Guleria R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2013-04-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Online Access:http://ojhas.org/issue45/2013-1-5.html
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spelling doaj-4205068ed82f404aaa4f1b695cfd1f9f2020-11-24T23:03:41ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972013-04-01121Isolated Amoebic Abscess of SpleenKaushik M0Mahajan S1Raina R2Babu S3Raghav S4Sood S5Guleria R6Department of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Microbiology, IG Medical College, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaAmoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis. Extrahepatic amoebic abscesses have occasionally been described in the lung, brain, and skin and presumably result from hematogenous spread. Isolated amoebic abscess of spleen has been reported scarcely in literature. We report here a case of isolated amoebic abscess of spleen.http://ojhas.org/issue45/2013-1-5.html
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author Kaushik M
Mahajan S
Raina R
Babu S
Raghav S
Sood S
Guleria R
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Mahajan S
Raina R
Babu S
Raghav S
Sood S
Guleria R
Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
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Mahajan S
Raina R
Babu S
Raghav S
Sood S
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title Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen
title_short Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen
title_full Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen
title_fullStr Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen
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publisher Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
series Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
issn 0972-5997
publishDate 2013-04-01
description Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis. Extrahepatic amoebic abscesses have occasionally been described in the lung, brain, and skin and presumably result from hematogenous spread. Isolated amoebic abscess of spleen has been reported scarcely in literature. We report here a case of isolated amoebic abscess of spleen.
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