Pyogenic
liver abscess caused by Fusobacterium in a 21-year-old immunocompetent male.
equal to] 40 bio-rad.com) Immunofluorescence IgG [greater than or 0 160 (BioRad) equal to] 80 Brucella PCR testing of NA Positive for liver tissue biopsies 16S rDNA Blood cultures NA Negative
Liver abscess and tissue NA Negative cultures!
The role of surgical therapy in
liver abscess is reduced.
Pyogenic
liver abscess. Changes in etiology, management, and outcome.
Nearly 100% of patients were having fever, 13.74% of patients were having headache, 19.08% were having vomiting, 22.9% of patients were having abdominal pain, 22.9% of patients were having skin rash, 21.37% of patients were having bleeding manifestations, 20.61% of patients were having fluid accumulation, 25.19% of patients were having organomegaly, 6.1% of patients were having GB wall thickening, and 3.05% of patients were having
liver abscess. A total of nine patients showed atypical manifestations in which two patients were having hepatic coma, one was having acute respiratory distress, two were having seizure, and four were having chest pain (myocarditis).
It has been suggested that 20-25% of such patients show an increased susceptibility to infections.1,3 Few PLS patients can present with severe infections like
liver abscesses.5,6,7 Mild cutaneous infections such as furunculosis and pyoderma occur commonly.
(2004) found increase in alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase in 45 and 18 percent of cats diagnosed with
liver abscess but in our case, alkaline phosphatase and creatinine were increased.
Further, an infected hematoma around the staple line has the potential risk to develop leaks.3,4 We report a rare complication of a case that had developed pyogenic
liver abscess two weeks after LSG.
Among these patients tubercular
liver abscess is reported in only around 0.34% of patients which is secondary to primary lung or gastro-intestinal tuberculosis (3).
Pyogenic
liver abscess as the first manifestation of hepatobiliary malignancy.
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of a right
liver abscess with a self-expandable metallic stent.
For sizeable
liver abscesses, an ultrasound scan may be used to accurately pinpoint the location of these abscesses to undertake the necessary surgical liver drainage.