Liver abscess and schistosomiasis. A new association

Lambertucci,; Teixeira, Rosângela; Mm, Navarro; Pm, Coelho; Ferreira, J.A.M.

doi:10.1590/s0037-86821990000400013

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“…Lambertucci and colleagues have described this association in 1990 (Lambertucci et al 1990), and recently Teixeira et al (1996) have confirmed and extended their previous findings.…”

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confidence: 57%

Acute Schistosomiasis: Report on Five Singular Cases

Lambertucci

Rayes²,

Barata³

et al. 1997

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…Lambertucci and colleagues have described this association in 1990 (Lambertucci et al 1990), and recently Teixeira et al (1996) have confirmed and extended their previous findings.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Acute Schistosomiasis: Report on Five Singular Cases

Lambertucci

Rayes²,

Barata³

et al. 1997

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…The association with bacteria (e.g., Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus) has decreased sharply due to the use of mass chemotherapy, improvements in sanitation and easier access to antibiotics 63,64 .…”

Section: Complications Of Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasismentioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting the concept of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and its challenges using traditional and new tools

Lambertucci

2014

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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Different aspects of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis are revisited here. Manson's schistosomiasis causes periportal fi brosis and portal hypertension in approximately 6% of infected subjects, usually with preservation of their hepatic function. The assessment of liver involvement is of major importance in determining the prognosis and risk of complications from schistosomiasis, such as upper digestive bleeding secondary to variceal rupture. For many years, the diagnosis of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and liver fi brosis was made by abdominal palpation and the fi nding of liver and/or spleen enlargement. However, there is no consensus regarding the clinical parameters of the liver and spleen to be considered in this physical evaluation. For the last three decades, abdominal ultrasound (US) has become the best imaging technique to evaluate liver fi brosis caused by schistosomiasis mansoni. However, US is a subjective procedure and is therefore examiner-dependent. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fi ndings have provided valuable information in addition to ultrasound and clinical examination. The combination of a comprehensive history and physical examination, basic laboratory tests (a stool examination for Schistosoma mansoni eggs and a blood cell count), biomarkers for liver fi brosis/portal hypertension and imaging methods seem to offer the best approach for evaluating patients with this disease. In situations where research is involved or in patients with severe disease, MRI may be considered.

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“…5 Hepatic hydatid cysts (Ecchinococcus granulosus) also become secondarily infected. 6 In addition, migrating Ascaris lumbricoides 7,8 and, more recently, acute schistosomiasis [9][10][11] have been implicated as predisposing factors in the genesis of pyogenic liver abscess.…”

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“…The clinical and experimental study demonstrated that acute schistosomiasis concurrent with S. aureus bacteremia favors the colonization of the liver by bacteria causing pyogenic liver abscesses. [9][10][11] The following aspects of the pathogenesis of the pyogenic liver abscess in mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni are evaluated herein: a) the role of the eggs of S. mansoni in the genesis of the abscesses; b) the influence of the acute and chronic phases of schistosomiasis in the development of the abscesses; and c) the effect of schistosomiasis treatment on the development of the abscesses.…”

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Pathogenic aspects of pyogenic liver abscess associated with experimental schistosomiasis.

Teixeira

Coelho²,

Filho³

et al. 2001

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Schistosomiasis mansoni infection that occurs concurrently with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia favors the formation of pyogenic liver abscess. The present experimental study in mice evaluated the following aspects of the relationship between infection with Schistosoma mansoni and liver abscess caused by S. aureus: a) the role of the eggs of S. mansoni in the genesis of the abscesses; b) the influence of different phases of schistosomiasis in the development of liver abscesses; and c) the effect of the treatment of schistosomiasis on the development of the abscesses. Macroscopic and histopathological study showed multiple liver abscesses around granulomas of S. mansoni in the acute and chronic phases of schistosomiasis. Treatment of acute schistosomiasis before experimentally-induced bacteremia did not prevent the formation of liver abscess. The study findings indicate that granulomas around S. mansoni eggs and worms lodged in the liver provide a focus and substrate for pyogenic abscesses caused by S. aureus.

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Liver abscess and schistosomiasis. A new association

Cited by 34 publications

References 4 publications

Acute Schistosomiasis: Report on Five Singular Cases

Acute Schistosomiasis: Report on Five Singular Cases

Revisiting the concept of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and its challenges using traditional and new tools

Pathogenic aspects of pyogenic liver abscess associated with experimental schistosomiasis.

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