Pyogenic liver abscess

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Digestive system

Digestive system organs

Pyogenic abscess

Liver abscess; Bacterial liver abscess

• Fever , chills
• Nausea, vomiting
• Pain in right upper abdomen
• Loss of appetite
• Unintentional weight loss
• Weakness
• Yellow skin (jaundice)
• Chalk-colored stool
• Dark urine

• Blood culture shows bacteria - this occurs in about half of the patients with pyogenic liver abscess
• Liver enzymes (liver function tests) and bilirubin may be high
• High white blood cell count, indicating infection
• Abdominal CT scan
• Abdominal ultrasound
• Liver biopsy

Review Date: 07/28/2006
Reviewed By: Charlotte Grayson, MD, Private Practice specializing in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Smyrna, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.