Amoebic liver abscess : a disease native to Oman ?
Joint Authors
Khamis, Firyal
Nenad, Pandak
Golchinheydari, Sirous
Mahdi, Asmaa S.
Al-Majraf, Ali
Deenadayalan, Stephen S.
Source
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 2 (31 May. 2022), pp.253-256, 4 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Publication Date
2022-05-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives : Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) is endemic to many areas of the world.
This study sought to investigate the epidemiology, presentation, laboratory tests and imaging characteristics of ALA in Oman and ultimately determine whether it is native to Oman or originated abroad.
Methods : This case series study was conducted at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, from January 2013 to December 2017 with patients older than 13 years and having a discharge diagnosis of ALA.
Patient data were extracted from the Royal Hospital patient database.
Results : 22 patients were included in the study-18 Omani patients and four expatriates.
Only two Omanis had a history of traveling abroad.
There were 15 male patients and seven were female with an average age of 45.2 years.
The most common presentation was abdominal pain, which was seen in 17 patients.
Fever was seen in 13 patients.
Alanine transferase was found to be elevated in 13 patients.
The majority of patients (90%) had no symptomatic infections prior to developing ALA.
Conclusion : The data suggests that ALA is endemic to Oman, considering the high number of local patients and lack of travel abroad in this population.
As the number of patients treated for ALA is rather small, it can be concluded that the occurrence of ALA is much lower in Oman than in other endemic areas.
The majority of patients had no prior symptomatic infections; thus, a method of control involves screening to prevent amoebic spread.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nenad, Pandak& Golchinheydari, Sirous& Mahdi, Asmaa S.& Al-Majraf, Ali& Deenadayalan, Stephen S.& Khamis, Firyal. 2022. Amoebic liver abscess : a disease native to Oman ?. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal،Vol. 22, no. 2, pp.253-256.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1494227
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nenad, Pandak…[et al.]. Amoebic liver abscess : a disease native to Oman ?. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal Vol. 22, no. 2 (May. 2022), pp.253-256.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1494227
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nenad, Pandak& Golchinheydari, Sirous& Mahdi, Asmaa S.& Al-Majraf, Ali& Deenadayalan, Stephen S.& Khamis, Firyal. Amoebic liver abscess : a disease native to Oman ?. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2022. Vol. 22, no. 2, pp.253-256.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1494227
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 256
Record ID
BIM-1494227