title: [Liver abscess: is drug therapy only possible?].
abstract: We describe a case of liver abscess, whose favourable evolution, after the initial medical treatment, started when we didn't know the diagnosis, persuaded us to continue the begun treatment, based on localization of disease and on clinical improvement, instead of carrying out on evacuative puncture. At moment, according to our knowledge, this is the third case of liver abscess which has recovered by on antibiotic rational treatment without surgical punctures. Can we treat the liver abscess like the pneumonia according to features of localization and clinical history?
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Pediatria, Presidio Ospedaliero San Giuseppe da Copertino di Copertino (LE), Italia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciancio
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Indirli
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chiriacò
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Verdesca
mesh_terms: D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009428:Netilmicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009428:Netilmicin; D017334:Teicoplanin; D002442:Ceftazidime
vernacular_title: L'ascesso epatico: è possibile una terapia semplicemente medica?