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Learning points from a case of severe amoebic colitis

Learning points from a case of severe amoebic colitis
Learning points from a case of severe amoebic colitis
A case of amoebic colitis and liver abscess is described in a previously fit 59-year old man who had been given the incorrect diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. His symptoms were so severe that a colectomy was being considered. The patient had a significant travel history including trips to Morocco, the Gambia and Cape Verde, putting him at risk of acquiring amoebic disease. However, this history was not ascertained until much later on in the disease process. The case highlighted crucial learning points including the importance of taking a lifelong travel history, the difficulties in telling ulcerative colitis and amoebic colitis apart both clinically and histopathologically, and the importance of sending multiple stool samples for parasitological microscopy analysis in patients being investigated for inflammatory bowel disease.
Amoebic colitis, Liver abscess
1124-9390
281-284
Petridou, Christina
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Al-Badri, Adnan
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Dua, Anjana
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Dryden, Matthew
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Saeed, Kordo
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Petridou, Christina
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Dua, Anjana
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Dryden, Matthew
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Petridou, Christina, Al-Badri, Adnan, Dua, Anjana, Dryden, Matthew and Saeed, Kordo (2017) Learning points from a case of severe amoebic colitis. Infezioni in Medicina, 25 (3), 281-284.

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Abstract

A case of amoebic colitis and liver abscess is described in a previously fit 59-year old man who had been given the incorrect diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. His symptoms were so severe that a colectomy was being considered. The patient had a significant travel history including trips to Morocco, the Gambia and Cape Verde, putting him at risk of acquiring amoebic disease. However, this history was not ascertained until much later on in the disease process. The case highlighted crucial learning points including the importance of taking a lifelong travel history, the difficulties in telling ulcerative colitis and amoebic colitis apart both clinically and histopathologically, and the importance of sending multiple stool samples for parasitological microscopy analysis in patients being investigated for inflammatory bowel disease.

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Published date: 1 September 2017
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2017, EDIMES Edizioni Medico Scientifiche. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords: Amoebic colitis, Liver abscess

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Local EPrints ID: 447364
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/447364
ISSN: 1124-9390
PURE UUID: 9e9706cf-2f94-449b-b510-5ab87f81b131
ORCID for Kordo Saeed: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0123-0302

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Date deposited: 10 Mar 2021 17:35
Last modified: 23 Jul 2022 02:24

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Author: Christina Petridou
Author: Adnan Al-Badri
Author: Anjana Dua
Author: Matthew Dryden
Author: Kordo Saeed ORCID iD

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