Article
Biliary ascariasis and severe bacterial outcomes: Report of three cases from a paediatric hospital in Brazil
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ALMEIDA, Breno Lima de et al. Biliary ascariasis and severe bacterial outcomes: Report of three cases from a paediatric hospital in Brazil. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 95, p. 115-117, jun. 2020.
: 1201-9712
10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.045
Autor
Almeida, Breno Lima de
Silva, Daniel Vicente
Rosário, Mateus Santana do
Gonçalves, Bruno Simões Dias
Nunes, Míria Guimarães
Ney, André Luis Chukr Mafra
Silvany, Celia
Siqueira, Isadora Cristina de
Resumen
Biliary ascariasis, although uncommon, can lead to infectious complications and severe outcomes. This study reported three patients with biliary ascariasis and who were admitted to a paediatric hospital in Salvador, Brazil. Case reports
Case 1: A 1-year-old boy, with HIV, hospitalised with diarrhoea, fever, pain, and abdominal distension. He
underwent an exploratory laparotomy, which showed peritonitis secondary to a perforation of the hepatic duct by ascaris. Case 2: A 3-year-old boy admitted with fever, abdominal pain and jaundice. Imaging
examination was suggestive of ascaris in the intrahepatic biliary tract and a hepatic abscess. Case 3: A 7-yearold
boy who was hospitalised with a history of abdominal colic, jaundice and fever, with a suggestive image of
ascaris in the biliary tract and evolution to sepsis.