A 47-year-old man presented with a one-week history of fever (temperature up to 40.4°C), abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant and mild jaundice. He had no history of diarrhea. Apart from a ...

Hot weather can turn contaminated street food into a source of dangerous gut infections, making food hygiene and early ...

Amebic Colitis is caused by the anaerobic parasitic amoebozoan Entameba histolytica. This bacterium infects the mucosa in the colon and accounts for 100,000 deaths annually. The parasite infects 10% ...

The following patient was seen in the inpatient department of the 36-bed Tropical Disease Unit at Cayetano Heredia National Hospital. History: 73 year-old male admitted with a-16-day history of ...

A pyogenic liver abscess is a pus-filled sac in the liver that occurs due to infection or injury. Treatment involves antibiotics to address the infection. Drainage may also be necessary to help ...

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