title: [Prognostic study of liver abscess].
abstract: The objective of this work is to study factors of prognostic of mortality of abscesses of the liver. We have treated between 1990 and 2000 in our service, 38 patient for abscess of the liver. The symptoms are dominated by the pain of the right hypochondria (37 cases) and the fever (34 cases). An unique abscess has been recovered in 25 cases. Some multiple localizations have been observed in 12 cases. 21 patients have been operated. The bacteriological study at all patients revealed the presence of germ in 27 cases. In 6 cases, there were two germs. It was a bacillus negative gram in 26 cases and a cocci positive gram in 7 cases. Six complications have been observed at the operated patients. In 5 cases, it was a septic shock having leads to the death. After survey univariate and multivariate the only factor of bad prognostic recovered is the septic shock. The aetiology was identified in only 9 cases; it was abscess cholangiotis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Beau Séjour, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nouira
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bedoui
authors.forename: Naoufel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miaadi
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guesmi
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Achour
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hani
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daghfous
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Osman
authors.forename: Ayoub
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zoghlami
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Najah
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate