An Unexpected Case of Disseminated Amebiasis with Cerebral Involvement and Successful Recovery in a Non-Endemic Context

Purificación Sánchez Zamora; Ana C. Gallotti; Raquel Ramos; Jorge Ligero López; Yasmina González; Rossel A. Mejía; Adriana C. Orozco Vinasco; Isabel Fuentes; Francisco J. Merino

doi:10.12659/AJCR.934188

11 December 2021 : Case report Spain

An Unexpected Case of Disseminated Amebiasis with Cerebral Involvement and Successful Recovery in a Non-Endemic Context

Unusual clinical course

Purificación Sánchez Zamora^12ABCDEF*, Ana C. Gallotti^3ABCDEF, Raquel Ramos^12ABCDEF, Jorge Ligero López

^3ABCD, Yasmina González^12ABCDEF, Rossel A. Mejía^12ABCDEF, Adriana C. Orozco Vinasco

^12ABCDEF, Isabel Fuentes^4ABCD, Francisco J. Merino^23ABCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934188

Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e934188

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Figure 3. Abdominal and cerebral CT scan performed after treatment. (A, B) Residual lesions of liver abscesses after metronidazole therapy. (C) Amebic brain abscesses after 2 weeks of i.v. metronidazole treatment. (D) Amebic brain abscesses after 4 weeks of i.v. metronidazole treatment. (E) Amebic brain abscesses at end of treatment, 10 weeks of i.v. metronidazole treatment. (F) Residual lesions of amebic brain abscesses 6 months after discharge from the surgical ICU.

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