Pyogenic Liver Abscess
PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS: REVIEW OF 54 CASES
... and pyogenic liver abscess. Whereas the majorty of pyogenic liver abscesses will have aspi ration or drainage as part of therapy, amebic liver ab scesses are best left intact ...
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess Associated with Septic Pulmonary Embolism
... with liver abscess and SPE treated at a 2,800-bed medical center in northern Taiwan from January 1, 1999 to December 31, ...study, pyogenic liver abscess was diagnosed if 1 or more ...
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess and Papillon-Lefèvre Syndrome: Not a Rare Association
... The liver was tender and palpable 4 cm below the right costal ...and liver function tests were ...solitary liver abscess measuring 6 ⫻ 6 cm (Fig ...a pyogenic liver ...
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A rare case of pericarditis and pleural empyema secondary to transdiaphragmatic extension of pyogenic liver abscess
... Eunae Cho 1 † , Sang Woo Park 1 † , Chung Hwan Jun 1* , Sang Soo Shin 2 , Eun Kyu Park 3 , Kyo Seon Lee 4 , Seon Young Park 1 , Chang Hwan Park 1 , Hyun Soo Kim 1 , Sung Kyu Choi 1 and Jong Sun Rew 1 Abstract Background: ...
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Case Report Simultaneous surgery of synchronous hilar cholangiocarcinoma and pyogenic liver abscess-a case report
... Keywords: Hilar cholangiocarcinoma, pyogenic liver abscess, image, simultaneous, surgery Introduction Hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) is rare with poor prognosis. Jaundice is the most common pre- ...
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Caused by Pyogenic Liver Abscess during Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review
... The disease underlying HLH was Epstein-Barr virus infection in 2 cases, herpes simplex virus-2 infection in 1 case, parvovirus B19 infection in 1 case, and malignant lymphoma in 1 case. This is the first case report of ...
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The geriatric nutritional risk index independently predicts adverse outcomes in patients with pyogenic liver abscess
... There is another significant finding of the proposed study, that is, adding GNRI into one model that involves potential risk factors is remarkably superior to adding BMI or serum albumin alone into that model in the ...
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Inferior vena caval thrombosis complicating pyogenic liver abscess after pancreatoduodenectomy: a case report
... thrombosis; Pyogenic liver abscess; Thrombectomy Background With increasingly effective diagnostic tools and treatment modalities available, the prognosis of patients with pyo- genic liver ...
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Clinical, microbiological, and molecular epidemiological characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae-induced pyogenic liver abscess in southeastern China
... In terms of causative pathogens, Klebsiella pneumoniae has found as a predominant pathogen, accounting for 50 – 88% of PLA patients who lived Asia during the past two decades [2, 7]. Notably, K. pneumoniae isolating from ...
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Clinico-pathological Profile of Pyogenic Liver Abscess: An Experience from Tertiary Care Hospital from Kashmir Valley
... of pyogenic liver abscess, percutaneous drainage as the modality of treatment was done in 37% ...multiloculated abscess, and thick viscous ...
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Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of pyogenic liver abscess patients < 65 years of age versus ≥ 65 years of age
... symptoms of acute infection in the elderly patients are often atypical and misleading. Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is an accumulation of pus within the liver as a result of an infection. It ...
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess in Normal Children With Fever of Unknown Origin
... A liver-spleen scan was performed because of continued fever associated with minimal right upper quadrant pain and revealed a large intrahepatic filling defect in the lateral aspect of t[r] ...
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Probable new species of Desulfovibrio isolated from a pyogenic liver abscess
... the abscess was carried out, yielding more than 200 ml of foul-smelling ...the abscess fluid showed numerous poly- morphonuclear leukocytes but no bacteria or ...the liver abscess, the fever ...
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Pyogenic liver abscess and the emergence of <em>Klebsiella</em> as an etiology: a retrospective study
... Overall, the mortality in our cohort is among the lowest reported; only one patient died from multiorgan system fail- ure due to severe sepsis. The low mortality rate observed more specifically in the KLA patient ...
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Initial presentations and final outcomes of primary pyogenic liver abscess: a cross-sectional study
... polymicrobial liver abscess was considered a single case, with the predominant pathogen determined based on the results of microbiological ...of liver abscess pus culture were taken into ac- ...
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A comparison of pyogenic liver abscess in patients with or without diabetes: a retrospective study of 246 cases
... Conclusions In conclusion, PLA was mainly due to biliary tract dis- ease with a single lesion located in the right lobe, and the predominant pathogen was K. pneumonia. PLA pa- tients with and without DM had many ...
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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pyogenic liver abscess in people 65 years or older versus people under 65: a retrospective study
... Today, surgical treatment of PLA has been relegated in favour of the current frontline treatments of antibi- otics and aspiration/drainage of the PLA [29, 30, 31]. Moreover, laparoscopic drainage of PLA has also re- ...
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Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes in a cohort of patients with pyogenic and amoebic liver abscess
... with liver abscess we found no large differences in clinical parameters between pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) and amoebic liver abscess (ALA), other than weak evidence of ...
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Modern management of pyogenic hepatic abscess: a case series and review of the literature
... managing pyogenic liver abscess over the last 5 years, to illustrate the current etiology, management and out- comes of this ...of pyogenic hepatic ...
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Liver abscess caused by Salmonella choleraesuis
... multiple abscess cavities does not preclude the use of PCD, but does necessitate placement of several ...with pyogenic liver abscess into 3 types: I (small, ,3 cm); II (large, ...
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