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Pyogenic liver abscess - Symptom
Alternative Names
Liver abscess; Bacterial liver abscess
Symptoms:
- Fever, chills
- Nausea, vomiting
- Pain in right upper abdomen
- Loss of appetite
- Unintentional weight loss
- Weakness
- Yellow skin (jaundice)
- Chalk-colored stool
- Dark urine
Signs and tests:
- 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
- Reviewed last on: 7/28/2006
- Charlotte Grayson, MD, Private Practice specializing in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Smyrna, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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