Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology
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Amoebic liver abscess: the effect of aspiration on the resolution or healing time O. Freeman, A. Akamaguna & L. N. Jarikre To cite this article: O. Freeman, A. Akamaguna & L. N. Jarikre (1990) Amoebic liver abscess: the effect of aspiration on the resolution or healing time, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 84:3, 281-287, DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1990.11812468 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1990.11812468
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Annals ofTropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. 84, No.3, 281-287 (1990)
Amoebic liver abscess: the effect of aspiration on the resolution or healing time Bv 0. FREEMAN, A. AKAMAGUNA AND L. N. JARIKRE
University qf Benin Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 1111, Benin, Nigeria
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Received 30 May 1989, Accepted 28 June 1989 Recent sonographic monitoring of patients treated for amoebic liver abscess has shown the healing or resolution time varying between 10 and 300 days. The effect ofpercutanous needle aspiration on healing or resolution time was studied in 36 patients. Nineteen patients had drugs and needle aspiration under ultrasound guide whilst the 17 patients had drugs-metronidazole, diloxanide, and chloroquinealone. Both groups were monitored clinically and sonographically. Results showed that the abscess cavities ofl8 out ofl9 patients (94·7%) of the aspirated group and 10 ofl7 patients (58·8%) of the nonaspirated group had resolved at the end of three weeks. The difference in response to treatment was significant (P
ISSN: 0003-4983 (Print) 1364-8594 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ypgh19
Amoebic liver abscess: the effect of aspiration on the resolution or healing time O. Freeman, A. Akamaguna & L. N. Jarikre To cite this article: O. Freeman, A. Akamaguna & L. N. Jarikre (1990) Amoebic liver abscess: the effect of aspiration on the resolution or healing time, Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 84:3, 281-287, DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1990.11812468 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1990.11812468
Published online: 15 Nov 2016.
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Date: 19 August 2017, At: 12:18
Annals ofTropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol. 84, No.3, 281-287 (1990)
Amoebic liver abscess: the effect of aspiration on the resolution or healing time Bv 0. FREEMAN, A. AKAMAGUNA AND L. N. JARIKRE
University qf Benin Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 1111, Benin, Nigeria
Downloaded by [Australian Catholic University] at 12:18 19 August 2017
Received 30 May 1989, Accepted 28 June 1989 Recent sonographic monitoring of patients treated for amoebic liver abscess has shown the healing or resolution time varying between 10 and 300 days. The effect ofpercutanous needle aspiration on healing or resolution time was studied in 36 patients. Nineteen patients had drugs and needle aspiration under ultrasound guide whilst the 17 patients had drugs-metronidazole, diloxanide, and chloroquinealone. Both groups were monitored clinically and sonographically. Results showed that the abscess cavities ofl8 out ofl9 patients (94·7%) of the aspirated group and 10 ofl7 patients (58·8%) of the nonaspirated group had resolved at the end of three weeks. The difference in response to treatment was significant (P
