title: Multiple pyogenic liver abscess.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation médicale, Hopital Habib Bourguiba, Route el Ain Km 1 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. bahloulmab@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Mabrouk
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahloul
authors.forename: Anis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaari
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bouaziz-Khlaf
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herguefi
authors.forename: Hedi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chelly
authors.forename: Chokri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ben Hamida
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
mesh_terms: 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