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Brain Abscess due to Infection with Entamoeba Histolytica
Kenji Ohnishi
Kenji Ohnishi
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Misako Murata
Misako Murata
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirooki Kojima
Hirooki Kojima
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Nobuhiko Takemura
Nobuhiko Takemura
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomio Tsuchida
Tomio Tsuchida
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hiroshi Tachibana
Hiroshi Tachibana
Departments of Infectious Diseases and Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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We successfully treated a serious case of Entamoeba histolytica infection showing brain abscess, meningitis, and liver abscess by oral administration of metronidazole, intramuscular injection of dehydroernetine, and drainage of the brain abscess. The diagnosis of amebic brain abscess was based on a combination of clinical symptoms and signs, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings, a positive serologic test result for E. histolytica, a dramatic response to anti-amebic drugs after an ineffective therapeutic history with antibacterial drugs, and application of the polymerase chain reaction method.
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