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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2025

Michael Muñoz-Rosa, Natalia Arango-Serna, Juan Mesa-Monsalve, Alejandro Diaz-Diaz

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Michael Muñoz-RosaDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Universidad CES, Medellin, Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3628-041X
Natalia Arango-SernaDepartment of Pediatrics, Corporación Universitaria Remington, Medellín, Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7549-6246
Juan Mesa-MonsalveHospital General de Medellín, Clínica las Americas Auna, Medellín, Colombia.
Alejandro Diaz-DiazHospital General de Medellín, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0525-9276

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess is challenging. A multiplex polymerase chain reaction panel, traditionally employed for the detection of enteric pathogens in stool, proved useful for the rapid diagnosis in 3 pediatric patients when used off-label on liver abscess fluid. While this approach enabled timely and targeted antiamoebic therapy, highlighting its potential in high-burden, resource-limited settings, it represents an unvalidated use of the technology that requires further investigation.

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diagnosisEntamoeba histolyticaliver abscessmolecularpediatric

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PMID41164783
PMCPMC12560774

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