Treatment of Unusual Pulmonary Amebic Abscess with Chloroquine

A case of pulmonary amebic abscess of the right upper lobe with amebic hepatitis is reported in which hematogenous spread of the amebic parasites from liver to lung was the most probable pathogenetic likelihood. Since Emetine alone failed to cause a satisfactory response, and Chloroquine induced com...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1951-11, Vol.20 (5), p.533-538
Hauptverfasser:	LINDSAY, ALAN E., GOSSARD, WAYNE H., CHAPMAN, JOHN S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amebiasis - therapy Chloroquine - therapeutic use Dysentery, Amebic Humans Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Parasitic Old Medline
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