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Amebic Liver Abscess- ...Computed tomography of the abdomen performed after the administration of contrast material revealed
organisms with pseudopods ... with Entamoeba histolytica ... E. histolytica infections ... CT #entamoeba #histolytica
Liver Mass Differential Diagnosis
Solid:
 • Benign: Hepatic Hemangioma, Focal nodular hyperplasia, Hepatocellular adenoma, Regenerative nodules
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Pyogenic, Entamoeba histolytica
PROSEVA definition of ARDS
Thus, the PROSEVA trial essentially modifies the Berlin definition of ARDS, with the
PROSEVA #Definition #PseudoARDS
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Liver Abscess - Differential Diagnosis
Pyogenic:
 • Hepatobiliary
 • Colonic
 • Bacteremia
Entamoeba histolytica:
 • Fecal/oral
 • Colitis
Bacteremia Entamoeba histolytica
Infectious Diarrhea - Laboratory Testing

Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enterica, Shigella spp, Campylobacter spp 
Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and
botulinum Entamoeba histolytica ... trematodes (flukes) E. histolytica
Differential diagnosis for pyogenic liver abscess:
Infectious etiologies predominate. Most are pyogenic (bacterial). Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica) and
Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
E. histolytjca)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
parahaemolyticus, Entamoeba histolytica
Important causes of diarrhea in people with HIV/AIDS
Severity, chronicity/persistence will depend On CD4 count & sites
Histolytica 5)
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Protozoal - Entamoeba histolytica