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Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted in North America by Ixodes spp. ticks. Routine surveillance for human illness indicates that risk for infection within the United States [...]

Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extra-intestinal manifestation of amoebiasis. It usually responds well to treatment with metronidazole together with drainage, if indicated. Uncommonly, the abscess may rupture into the pleura, peritoneum or pericardium, bile duct at its hilum, or produce septic emboli. We present a patient with two rare complications: venous thrombosis and jaundice secondary to bilhaemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]