The treatment usually consists of surgical or percutaneous (through the skin, with a needle) drainage of the abscess . This is accompanied by prolonged antibiotic therapy. Sometimes antibiotics alone can cure the infection.
The death rate is 10-30% in treated patients, and it is higher in those with multiple abscesses.
Life-threatening sepsis can develop.
Call your health care provider if any symptoms of this disorder develop.
Also call if severe abdominal pain , confusion or decreased consciousness , persistent high fever, or other new symptoms develop during or after treatment.
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