Open AccessTreatment of a Large Multiloculated Liver Abscess with Intra-Abscess Antibiotic Instillation
Author(s) -
Russell W. Steele
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002942
Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , liver abscess , abdomen , antibiotics , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , radiology , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , biology
This report describes a 15-year-old with an 11.1 × 8.2 × 8.4 cm multiloculated liver abscess caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus who failed extensive catheter drainage and intravenous antibiotics. Daily intra-abscess oxacillin was instilled for 7 days with rapid clinical improvement and sterilization of the abscess. One month later, an ultrasound of the abdomen revealed a normal liver.