Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Liver abscess; Bacterial liver abscess
Symptoms
- Clay-colored stool
- Dark urine
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Fever , chills Loss of appetite - Nausea, vomiting
- Pain in right upper abdomen (more common) or throughout the abdomen (less common)
Unintentional weight loss Weakness - Yellow skin (jaundice)
Signs and tests
Tests may include:
Abdominal CT scan Abdominal ultrasound - Bilirubin blood test
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Blood culture for bacteria - Complete blood count (CBC)
Liver biopsy Liver function tests White blood cell count
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Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in
Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division
of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
