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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of [[amoebic liver abscess]] include [[alcoholism]], [[pregnancy]], [[malnutrition]], [[old age]], [[immunosupression]] (including [[HIV]]), a recent travel to a tropical region, [[steroid]] use, [[hypoalbuminemia]], [[chronic]] [[infection]],[[tuberculosis]], [[syphilis]], [[splenectomy]], [[malignancy]], and [[homosexual]].<ref name="pmid619763">{{cite journal| author=Krogstad DJ, Spencer HC, Healy GR, Gleason NN, Sexton DJ, Herron CA| title=Amebiasis: epidemiologic studies in the United States, 1971-1974. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 1978 | volume= 88 | issue= 1 | pages= 89-97 | pmid=619763 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=619763 }} </ref><ref name="pmid21731305">{{cite journal| author=Ximénez C, Morán P, Rojas L, Valadez A, Gómez A, Ramiro M et al.| title=Novelties on amoebiasis: a neglected tropical disease. | journal=J Glob Infect Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 3 | issue= 2 | pages= 166-74 | pmid=21731305 | doi=10.4103/0974-777X.81695 | pmc=3125031 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21731305 }} </ref> | |||
==Risk factors== | ==Risk factors== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of [[amoebic liver abscess]] include:<ref name="pmid619763">{{cite journal| author=Krogstad DJ, Spencer HC, Healy GR, Gleason NN, Sexton DJ, Herron CA| title=Amebiasis: epidemiologic studies in the United States, 1971-1974. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 1978 | volume= 88 | issue= 1 | pages= 89-97 | pmid=619763 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=619763 }} </ref><ref name="pmid21731305">{{cite journal| author=Ximénez C, Morán P, Rojas L, Valadez A, Gómez A, Ramiro M et al.| title=Novelties on amoebiasis: a neglected tropical disease. | journal=J Glob Infect Dis | year= 2011 | volume= 3 | issue= 2 | pages= 166-74 | pmid=21731305 | doi=10.4103/0974-777X.81695 | pmc=3125031 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21731305 }} </ref> | |||
*Alcoholism | *[[Alcoholism]] | ||
* | *[[Pregnancy]] | ||
*[[Malnutrition]] | |||
*Malnutrition | *[[Old age]] | ||
*Old age | *[[Immunosupression]] (including [[HIV]]) | ||
*Immunosupression (including HIV) | |||
*Recent travel to a tropical region | *Recent travel to a tropical region | ||
*Steroid use | *[[Steroid]] use | ||
*Hypoalbuminemia | *[[Hypoalbuminemia]] | ||
*Chronic infection | *[[Chronic]] [[infection]] | ||
*Tuberculosis | *[[Tuberculosis]] | ||
*Syphilis | *[[Syphilis]] | ||
*Splenectomy | *[[Splenectomy]] | ||
*Malignancy | *[[Malignancy]] | ||
*Homosexual | *[[Homosexual]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of amoebic liver abscess include alcoholism, pregnancy, malnutrition, old age, immunosupression (including HIV), a recent travel to a tropical region, steroid use, hypoalbuminemia, chronic infection,tuberculosis, syphilis, splenectomy, malignancy, and homosexual.[1][2]
Risk factors
Common risk factors in the development of amoebic liver abscess include:[1][2]
- Alcoholism
- Pregnancy
- Malnutrition
- Old age
- Immunosupression (including HIV)
- Recent travel to a tropical region
- Steroid use
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Chronic infection
- Tuberculosis
- Syphilis
- Splenectomy
- Malignancy
- Homosexual
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krogstad DJ, Spencer HC, Healy GR, Gleason NN, Sexton DJ, Herron CA (1978). "Amebiasis: epidemiologic studies in the United States, 1971-1974". Ann Intern Med. 88 (1): 89–97. PMID 619763.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ximénez C, Morán P, Rojas L, Valadez A, Gómez A, Ramiro M; et al. (2011). "Novelties on amoebiasis: a neglected tropical disease". J Glob Infect Dis. 3 (2): 166–74. doi:10.4103/0974-777X.81695. PMC 3125031. PMID 21731305.