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Adenovirus infection is commonly associated with self-limited respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses. However, infection in immunocompromised individuals, such as transplant recipients, can cause severe life-threatening illness including pneumonitis, hemorrhagic cystitis, nephritis, hepatitis
Enteric fever is a multisystem disorder caused mainly by Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi A. It continues to be a major public health problem, especially in developing countries. Unusual presentations of Salmonellosis are rare. We report 3 such cases of young adult males, one of splenic
Liver abscess is a focal suppurative liver process. According to the etiology liver abscesses are divided into bacterial (pyogenic), and parasiti (amebic). Parasitic cysts (e.g. caused by Echinococcus granulosus) can be secondary bacterial infected and their clinical and laboratory manifestations
In a study of obscure fevers in Cairo, Egypt, 24 cases of hepatic amoebiasis were diagnosed during a 3-year period from 1977-1980. The counterimmunoelectrophoresis amoebic serologic test was positive in 20 of the 24 patients and was very useful in confirming the diagnosis. The four patients in whom
We report a case of a 63 year old man who was seen in the hospital because of fever having a possible infectious or oncological origin. A 67Ga scintigraphy was performed and showed high pathological accumulation in the hepatic dome. The patient was re-evaluated and studied with other diagnostic
Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. It often manifests as a flu-like syndrome; other common manifestations are pneumonia, hepatitis and endocarditis. Its course may be acute or chronic. The authors present two clinical cases of Q fever with rare manifestations. Case 1: A 55-year-old
Pyogenic liver abscess is rarely encountered in normal children. We report a case of solitary pyogenic liver abscess in a healthy child aged 8 months. He presented with fever of unknown origin and mild hepatomegaly. Full recovery was achieved by surgical intervention and prolonged antibiotic