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Case report: a patient who developed an amoebic liver abscess during treatment with interferon
T Matsuo1, H Shinzawa, K Sugahara
1Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata City, Japan.
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
|December 3, 1998
Abstract:
A 65-year-old female received recombinant interferon (IFN) alpha-2b daily for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Fever (39 degrees C or higher) developed 14 days after the start of administration. Abdominal computed tomography suggested multiple liver abscesses, which had not been detected before IFN administration. An autopsy revealed an amoebic liver abscess. A subclinical infection of Entamoeba histolytica in this case developed into amoebic liver abscess during IFN administration.