Successful switch to oral therapy with doxycycline in the case of an actinomycotic hepatic abscess | Zendy

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Successful switch to oral therapy with doxycycline in the case of an actinomycotic hepatic abscess

Author(s) -

Diana Petrache,

Gabriel-Adrian Popescu

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2805

Subject(s) - medicine , malaise , abscess , doxycycline , surgery , abdominal pain , abdomen , appendix , biopsy , radiology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , paleontology

A 72-year-old female was admitted with the symptoms of malaise, loss of appetite, upper right quadrant pain, fever, and sweats, which had been present for last 7 days. CT-scan of the abdomen revealed a hypodense mass in the right liver lobe; histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen yielded a diagnosis of actinomycotic abscess. Treatment with intravenous ampicillin for 8 weeks followed by a course of oral doxicycline for 28 weeks resulted in the complete resolution of the abscess.

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