Liver Abscess

05/01/1994 - "Although liver abscess can be treated successfully in many patients by intravenous antibiotics alone, intra-arterial therapy is effective in those in whom intravenous therapy is not effective."
03/01/2013 - "pneumoniae liver abscesses via OPAT using a standardized protocol is a safe and effective alternative to inpatient intravenous antibiotics."
01/01/1998 - "The MIC of FDA-approved antibiotics were not reflective of the efficacy of antibiotics in preventing liver abscesses in feedlot cattle. "
01/01/2013 - "Our primary aim is to compare the efficacy of early (< one week) step-down to oral antibiotics, to continuing four weeks of intravenous antibiotics, in patients with Klebsiella liver abscess. "
10/01/2004 - "Efficacy of hepatic arterial infusion therapy (HAI) using antibiotics for hepatic abscess has been reported. "

02/01/1994 - "In a second study, blood was collected at the time of slaughter from 141 feedlot cattle (36 fed diets with tylosin and 105 fed diets without tylosin), and livers were examined for presence or severity of hepatic abscesses at slaughter. "
01/01/2015 - "Tylosin phosphate is a macrolide commonly administered to cattle in North America for the control of liver abscesses. "
01/01/2013 - "The macrolide, tylosin phosphate, is often included in the diet of cattle as a preventative for liver abscesses in many regions of the world outside of Europe. "
07/01/2009 - "Prevalence of total liver abscesses was reduced for steers fed tylosin compared with no tylosin (P < 0.05). "
11/01/2008 - "A 2 x 2 factorial experiment with 48 crossbred steers (with Hereford, Angus, and Charolais genetics, and an initial BW of 373 +/- 8.4 kg) was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary sunflower seeds (SS) and tylosin phosphate (TP) on production factors, carcass characteristics, liver abscess incidence, and fatty acid composition of the muscle (pars costalis diaphragmatis; PCD) and subcutaneous fat. "

12/01/1990 - "There are limited data concerning its use in the treatment of shigella dysentery but, in appropriate situations, ciprofloxacin is effective treatment for salmonella enteritis and is also effective in infections complicated by septicaemia and bone and liver abscesses. "
05/01/1994 - "A clinically favorable response was achieved using i.v. ciprofloxacin in 48 (75%) of 64 patients with pneumonia; 4 (80%) of 5 patients with other lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI); 21 (88%) of 24 patients with pyelonephritis; all 7 (100%) patients with complicated cystitis; 16 (94%) of 17 patients with other complicated urinary tract infection (UTI); all 8 (100%) patients with cellulitis; both (100%) patients with infected ulcer; 4 (80%) of 5 patients with other skin or skin structure infection; 5 (83%) of 6 patients with bone infections; all 8 (100%) patients with septicemia; the 1 (100%) patient with acute cholecystitis; and the 1 (100%) patient with liver abscess. "
10/05/2009 - "Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin."
04/06/2009 - "Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin."

11/01/2002 - "PTAD is an effective treatment for liver abscess, it is especially useful in the restoration of severe general conditions as indicated by this study."
01/01/2003 - "Furthermore, local antibiotic lavage through a PTAD tube into the liver abscess space may be an important supplementary method in the management of the illness."
01/01/2003 - "On abdominal ultrasonography and enhanced CT, the liver abscess disappeared by 19th postoperative day, and PTAD tube was removed. "
01/01/2003 - "Postoperatively, the antibiotic was infused daily through a PTAD tube into the liver abscess space. "
01/01/1999 - "Our findings support the use of PTAD as the primary treatment for liver abscess, as it is safe and effective irrespective of the number of abscesses and the patient's condition."

12/01/1987 - "These were treated successfully with a combination of amphotericin B and percutaneous drainage of the liver abscesses. "
01/01/2009 - "Cryptococcal liver abscess: a case report of successful treatment with amphotericin-B and literature review."
03/21/2005 - "The liver abscesses were successfully treated by a cumulative dosage of 750 mg amphotericin B. "
12/10/1992 - "[A case of ALL with Candida liver abscess treated with amphotericin B through portal vein]."
01/01/1992 - "[Percutaneous transhepatic intraportal administration of amphotericin B to a patient with multiple liver abscesses due to Candida albicans: with monitoring by fungal index as a parameter of Candida volume]."

01/01/2010 - "Improved efficiency and energy recovery may be related to a reduction (P = 0.06) in the liver abscess rate for steers consuming 1.0% K-K(2)CO(3). "
01/01/2013 - "In the present case we present a healthy 30-year-old man with no significant co-morbidities who developed a hepatic abscess from F necrophorum but successfully recovered after appropriate antibiotic treatment."
04/01/2007 - "We report an unusual co-existence of Burkholderia pseudomallei and acid fast bacilli in a young Malay gentleman with liver abscess. "
09/01/1978 - "Patients with benign extrahepatic biliary obstruction may have increased plasma CEA, the highest in patients with co-existent cholangitis and especially liver abscess. "
08/01/2006 - "The first patient was a 54-year-old diabetic woman, who presented with liver abscess and a left subphrenic abscess resulting from a ruptured splenic abscess, co-infected with K. "

04/01/1996 - "Serum neutralizing antibody response and protection against experimentally induced liver abscesses in steers vaccinated with Fusobacterium necrophorum."
01/01/1996 - "The serum neutralizing antibody response in cattle to Fusobacterium necrophorum leukotoxoid and possible protection against experimentally induced hepatic abscesses."
02/01/1994 - "Serum neutralizing antibodies against Fusobacterium necrophorum leukotoxin in cattle with experimentally induced or naturally developed hepatic abscesses."
02/01/1994 - "The relationship between serum-neutralizing antibody against Fusobacterium necrophorum leukotoxin and hepatic abscesses was investigated in cattle fed diets supplemented with or without tylosin. "

09/07/2005 - "The hepatic abscesses were successfully treated with intravenous meropenem for 6 wk, without further percutaneous drainage. "
10/05/2009 - "Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin."
04/06/2009 - "Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin."

01/01/1981 - "In clinical studies in 116 patients with biliary tract infections such as cholecystitis, cholangitis, and liver abscess, cefoperazone was effective in 90 (78%). "

11/01/2005 - "A randomized and blinded field trial was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a Fusobacterium necrophorum bacterin for control of liver abscesses and footrot under commercial feedlot conditions in western Canada. "

11/01/1998 - "For hepatic abscesses, ultrasound guided needle aspiration showed good results and less complications than catheter drainage."
04/01/1998 - "Our results show that percutaneous catheter drainage is more effective than needle aspiration in the treatment of liver abscesses. "
07/01/2006 - "Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration and catheter drainage are safe and effective in the management of liver abscess. "
01/01/2000 - "The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of endoscopic drainage and local antibiotic lavage via nasobiliary catheter in the treatment of liver abscesses of biliary origin. "
04/01/1998 - "This study was designed to determine and compare the efficacy of sonographically guided percutaneous needle aspiration and percutaneous catheter drainage in the treatment of liver abscesses. "

01/01/1991 - "A case of multiple cholangiogenic liver abscess due to residual biliary stone cured by percutaneous drainage controlled by CT and endoscopic papillotomy."
09/01/2002 - "A past history of endoscopic sphincterotomy was an independent factor associated with resolution of liver abscess within 6 weeks (P = 0.03). "
04/01/2002 - "Bilioptysis occurred in 5 patients after hepatic abscess (n = 4) and hepatic injury (n = 1) The biliary effusion (n = 3) was successfully managed by endoscopic sphincterotomy in 2 patients; the third patient underwent urgent surgical biliary drainage. "
01/01/2000 - "Endoscopic sphincterotomy and local antibiotic lavage via an endoscopically placed nasobiliary catheter is a safe and effective treatment for biliary liver abscesses. "
03/01/2002 - "However, biliary fistula persisted and subcapsular liver abscess occurred after the endoscopic sphincterotomy and the placement of a nasobiliary drain for bile leakage. "

10/01/2003 - "One of the advantages of this method was able to perform also in charge of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy concurrently, but we experienced liver abscess in 2 patients."
09/01/1997 - "[Liver abscess caused by hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy]."
10/01/1995 - "The liver abscesses has almost disappeared when the maintenance chemotherapy was completed. "
11/01/1993 - "[Liver abscess: is drug therapy only possible?]."
11/01/1990 - "We hesitated to give systemic chemotherapy because he also had had liver abscess. "

01/01/2013 - "The typical patient is a young man who after treatment for liver abscess with apparent improvement develops symptoms and signs of central nervous system involvement. "
07/01/2013 - "The patient's respiratory status worsened after treatment for the liver abscess and rectal cancer. "
01/01/2012 - "Herein, we present a prospective renal allograft recipient with a residual liver abscess who had a successful renal transplant after treatment. "
08/01/2006 - "Three patients, all of whom had HCC diameter >3 cm, had 4 episodes of bacteremia after treatment; one of them developed liver abscess that required percutaneous drainage. "
01/01/2014 - "The patients were divided into a CTC group (n = 68) and colonoscopy group (n = 41) after treatment of liver abscess, and compared concerning the detection rate of advanced neoplasia, consisting of advanced adenomas and invasive carcinomas. "

08/01/2015 - "Video-assisted hepatic abscess debridement."
01/01/2015 - "Percutaneous endoscopic debridement and washout of a bilateral, loculated, hepatic abscess: a minimally invasive approach to a high-risk surgical situation."
09/01/2010 - "The application of pulsed lavage for debridement of drainage-resistant liver abscesses proved to be an effective and minimally invasive alternative to open surgery."
08/01/2014 - "Although percutaneous drainage of liver abscesses has long been the standard of care, percutaneous drainage of infected necrotic liver tissue is usually used only to stabilize a patient's condition in the setting of sepsis before surgical debridement is ultimately required, frequently in the form of a hepatic lobectomy. "
01/01/2007 - "Clostridial liver abscess following blunt abdominal trauma may occur as a delayed complication and may be managed without resectional debridement."