Multiple pyogenic liver abscess.
Multiple pyogenic liver abscesses have been rarely described. We report a fatal case of multiple pyogenic liver abscesses affecting a 38-year-old woman requiring surgical drainage. Evolution was marked by occurrence of a septic shock with multi-organ system failure. The patient died 48 h after surgery. Causes, therapeutics and outcome of the disease are discussed.
Bahloul
Mabrouk
M
Service de Réanimation médicale, Hopital Habib Bourguiba, Route el Ain Km 1 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. bahloulmab@yahoo.fr
Chaari
Anis
A
Bouaziz-Khlaf
Nadia
N
Kallel
Hatem
H
Herguefi
Leila
L
Chelly
Hedi
H
Ben Hamida
Chokri
C
Bouaziz
Mounir
M
D000328:Adult; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018450:Disease Progression; D004322:Drainage; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed