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A case of classical colliquative amoebic hepatitis, documented with aspiration of abundant amoebic pus by means of hepatocentesis and treated with chloroquine and haematin, is reported. This type of amoebiasis is rare nowadays, it is pointed out. Present-day clinico-epidemiological features are outlined: reduction in official cases, reversal of the ratio between colitis and hepatitis (the latter is on the increase), disappearance of acute dysenteric forms, less tendency to colliquative development in cases where the liver is involved, an involvement which is seen most frequently with an atypical chronic-type imprint.
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May 1966
Acta Med Ital Med Trop Subtrop Gastroenterol
September 1963
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