Introduction: Isolated tubercular liver abscess without any other foci of infection is an extremely rare presentation of tuberculosis with a prevalence of only 0.34%. The diagnosis can be extremely challenging on account of the non specific presentation and is frequently confused with hepatoma, pyogenic liver abscess or amoebic liver abscess. Case Presentation: A 44 year old man presented with ...

Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is the most frequent, potentially life-threatening type of visceral abscess, with an increasing incidence worldwide [1,2]. The etiologies and microbiological spectrum show distinct regional differences around the world. Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most common causative pathogen of PLA in eastern Asian countries [3-5], whereas Streptococcus spp. predominates in Euro...

Background: The pyogenic liver abscess has an incidence of 1.1/1,000 habitants. Mortality can reach 100%. The use of less invasive procedures diminish morbidity and hospital stay. Aim: Identify risk factors in patients who underwent percutaneous drainage guided by ultrasound as treatment. Method: Were analyzed 10 patients submitted to the method. Epidemiological characteristics, laboratory ...

A 65-year-old Japanese woman was presented with a 2-day history of fever. The patient had undergone a surgery for uterine myoma 20 years prior. Drug history was unremarkable except for acetaminophen use. On admission, her temperature was 39.9 C; she had tachycardia (117 beats/min) and no abdominal pain. A contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography revealed multiple multiloculated low-densi...

Brain abscess is a life-threatening infection caused by spread from infected parameningeal or remote foci. Historically, streptococci have been the predominant organisms reported while brain abscess metastatic from liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae has been a more recent emerging problem. This study retrospectively analyzed the characteristics of community-acquired brain abscess adm...

Salmonellosis, endemic in various part of the world, is considered a differential diagnosis in a tropical traveller. Although it usually presents as gastroenteritis, its various clinical syndromes may vary from mild gastroenteritis to severe septicaemia including abscess formation, the later two being the most common cause of morbidity and mortality. Here we present a patient who returned to th...