Prognosis of Failure Treatment of Amebic Liver Abscess

Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí

Status: Completed

Conditions: Amebic Liver Abscess

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00641992

PFP-ALA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Amebic liver abscess is the most frequent extra-intestinal form of the amoebiasis; actually the factors for predicting failure in the medical treatment are not clear. We conducted trial for determining the clinical value of paraclinical factor in this issue.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Clinical, ultrasonographic and serologic diagnosis (ELISA) of amebic liver abscess.
2. Both genders
3. Older 15 years

Exclusion criteria

1. Clinically suspected piogenous liver abscess
2. Positive hemoculture
3. Negative ELISA for amoebic antigens
4. Immunosupresion (HIV)
5. Abdominal or biliary surgery antecedents
6. Abdominal neoplasia antecedents

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

Response to medical treatment

2

Description:

Failure to medical treatment (surgery or percutaneous resolution)