pH of amoebic liver pus.
Amoebic liver pus has an acidic pH. Hence the pleural aspirate from an amoebic empyema due to rupture of an amoebic liver abscess has an acidic pH. In contrast, the pH of pleural aspirates from effusions and empyema of non-amoebic aetiology were noted to have an alkaline pH. The clinical significance of these observations is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013492:Suppuration / Q000378:metabolism*