Isolated Amoebic Splenic Abscess
Abstract Splenic abscess is an uncommon entity encountered in patients with underlying conditions like malignancies, trauma, infective endocarditis, diabetes mellitus and immunocompromised states. Most common organisms are staphylococcus, salmonella, streptococcus and E coli. Isolated amoebic splenic abscess is very uncommon and rare condition. Here we present a young male with isolated amoebic splenic abscess managed with antibiotics and percutaneous drainage.
Authors
- Harpreet Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8342-931X)
- Pearl Mingchu Pai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-1606)
- Vikas Suri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6379-2744)
- Aravind Kumar Subramanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3870-8904)
- Deba Prasad Dhibar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0201-0160)
- Ashish Bhalla
Institutions
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Infectious Disease Society
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/cids.cids_59_24
- Primary Topic
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00