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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 80(1), 2009, pp. 51-54
Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Two Different Chitinase Genotypes in a Patient with an Amebic Liver Abscess: A Case Report

Olivia Valenzuela, Patricia Morán, Fernando Ramos, Jorge I. Cardoza, Gabriela García, Alicia Valadez, Liliana Rojas, Adriana Garibay, Enrique González, AND Cecilia Ximénez*
Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, México; Departmento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, México DF; Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General del Estado, Hermosillo Sonora, México

 

ABSTRACT

The present work deals with the identification of a patient with two liver abscesses containing two different strains of Entamoeba histolytica, as defined by chitinase gene plymorphisms.

Received August 27, 2008. Accepted for publication September 29, 2008.

Acknowledgments: We especially thank Leopoldo Moncayo-Salazar and Ignacio Antillón-Valenzuela in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hospital General del Estado, Hermosillo Sonora, for their participation in the clinical management of the patient. We also thank Alexel Burgara for his technical support, Mrs. Ma. Elena Ortiz for her secretarial assistance, and Mr. Marco Gudiño for his help with the graphic design.

Financial Support: The present work was partially supported by the grants IN-226806 and IN-204208 from PAPIIT, DGAPA, UNAM, and PE-200105 from PAPIME, DGAPA, UNAM.

* Address correspondence to Cecilia Ximénez, Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, CP 06726, México D.F., México. E-mail: cximenez{at}servidor.unam.mx

Authors’ addresses: Olivia Valenzuela and Adriana Garibay, Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Boulevard Luis Encinas Jonson y Boulevard Rosales s/n, CP 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, México, Tel: +52662-2-76-35-62. Patricia Morán, Fernando Ramos, Gabriela García, Alicia Valadez, Liliana Rojas, Enrique González, and Cecilia Ximénez, Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina UNAM, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, CP 06726, México D.F., México, Tel: +5255-56-23-26-66, Fax: +5255-56-23-26-79. Jorge I. Cardoza, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital General del Estado, Hermosillo Sonora, México, Boulevard Luis Encinas y Reyes Col. Centro. CP 83000, Tel/Fax: +52 662 2121422.

Reprint requests: Cecilia Ximénez, Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, CP 06726, México D.F., México, Tel: +5255-56-23-26-66, Fax: +5255-56-23-26-79, E-mail: cximenez{at}servidor.unam.mx.






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