| Yazarlar |
Selvi Kelekçi
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Velat Şen
Dicle Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Tuba Tuncel
İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Hadice Sen
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Muttalip ÇİÇEK
Dicle Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Duygu Erge
Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Mehmet Fuat Gürkan
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| Özet |
| The protozoon Entamoeba histolytica is an agent of human amoebiasis. Amoebiasis is common around the world, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. About 90% of infections are asymptomatic, while the remaining 10% are characterized by dysentery and abscesses observable in the liver or other organs. The liver is the organ most commonly affected by extraintestinal amoebiasis. Pulmonary and invasive amoebiasis is seen in 2-3% of patients, but isolated pulmonary amoebiasis is rarely seen in the pediatric age group. In this study, a 14 year old male patient diagnosed with isolated pulmonary amoebiasis is presented. Diagnosis was based on the detection of trophozoites through direct examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained by flexible bronchoscopy, and the presence of amoebic IgG in the blood. Three weeks of metronidazole combined with antimicrobial treatment significantly improved the patient's clinical and radiologic findings. The aim of this report was to present a rare case of childhood pulmonary amoebiasis without liver or other organ involvement and to demonstrate the efficacy of flexible bronchoscopy for diagnosis. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Amoeba | Bronchoscopy | Children | Lung |
| Makale Türü | Diğer (Teknik, not, yorum, vaka takdimi, editöre mektup, özet, kitap krıtiği, araştırma notu, bilirkişi raporu ve benzeri) |
| Makale Alt Türü | SCI, SSCI, AHCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan teknik not, editöre mektup, tartışma, vaka takdimi ve özet türünden makale |
| Dergi Adı | HEALTHMED |
| Dergi ISSN | 1840-2291 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2013 |
| Cilt No | 6 |
| Sayı | 11 |
| Sayfalar | 3644 / 3647 |
