[Pyogenic liver abscess in children]

Harefuah. 1997 Dec 15;133(12):613-5, 663.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

2 children with pyogenic liver abscesses were hospitalized during the past 2 years. A 6-year-old boy had high fever and hepatomegaly, and a large liver abscess was found in the right hepatic lobe. Streptococcus milleri was isolated from the pus. Treatment with a combination of prolonged drainage of the abscess and antibiotic therapy was successful. A 4-month-old girl who had prolonged fever was found to have osteomyelitis of 3 thoracic vertebrae and 2 liver abscesses in the right lobe. She was treated successfully with broad spectrum antibiotics. Additional workup revealed that she had chronic granulomatous disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / complications
  • Humans
  • Liver Abscess / diagnosis
  • Liver Abscess / microbiology
  • Liver Abscess / therapy*
  • Male
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Thoracic Vertebrae

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents