Ascariasis as a cause of hepatic abscess: A report of 3 cases

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2015 Jul-Sep;33(3):427-9. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.158576.

Abstract

We receive around 60 cases of hepatic abscess in a year. The commonest diagnosis reached at the time of discharge is amoebic liver abscess. The diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess is mostly presumptive and thus the patients are usually given a mixed treatment with injection ceftriaxone and tablet metronidazole. Here we report three cases of hepatic abscess diagnosed recently, where ascariasis was the probable etiology. Ascariasis may be a much commoner cause of hepatic abscesses in this region than we think.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Ascariasis / diagnosis*
  • Ascariasis / parasitology
  • Ascariasis / pathology*
  • Ascaris / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Abscess / etiology*
  • Liver Abscess / parasitology
  • Liver Abscess / pathology*
  • Male
  • Suppuration / parasitology
  • Ultrasonography
  • Young Adult