CHANGING TRENDS IN AMOEBIC LIVER ABSCESS AMONG HIV AND NON HIV PATIENTS: A TEN YEAR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY FROM INDIA.

Saurabh S Gandhi; Ajay H Bhandarwar; Ashish V Gupta; Gagandeep Talwar

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

CHANGING TRENDS IN AMOEBIC LIVER ABSCESS AMONG HIV AND NON HIV PATIENTS: A TEN YEAR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY FROM INDIA.

Saurabh S Gandhi, Ajay H Bhandarwar, Ashish V Gupta, Gagandeep Talwar

Abstract :

Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) has been gripping the immune system of the world steadily at an escalating rate. With a wide spectrum of Clinical manifestations of HIV infection involvement of the gastrointestinal tract, predominantly Liver as a organ has been rising. A detailed study of the clinical manifestations of Amoebic Liver abscess in patients not infected with HIV and infected with HIV is of importance to understand the variations & severity of signs & symptoms.