Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- fevers and chills
- RUQ tenderness
- hepatomegaly
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- weight loss
- fatigue
- abdominal pain
- nausea and vomiting
- cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
- jaundice
- signs of pleural effusion in the right lower zone
- signs of shock
- ascites
Fatores de risco
- biliary tract disease
- age >50 years
- underlying malignancy
- diabetes mellitus
- interventional biliary or hepatic procedures
- living in or visiting area endemic for amebiasis
- cirrhosis
- liver transplantation
- alcoholism
- male sex
- cardiopulmonary disease
- immunocompromised state
- penetrating abdominal trauma
- inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, appendicitis, diverticulitis, or peritonitis
- bacteremia, endocarditis, or other intravascular infection
- poor dentition
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- CBC
- serum LFTs
- blood cultures
- prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time
- liver ultrasound
- contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scan
- Gram stain and culture of aspirated abscess fluid
Investigações a serem consideradas
- CXR
- serum antibody test for Entamoeba histolytica
- stool Entamoeba histolytica antigen detection test
- antigen testing or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of aspirated abscess fluid
- liver MRI
- CRP
Algoritmo de tratamento
suspected pyogenic abscess
suspected amebic abscess
pyogenic abscess: following response to intravenous antibiotic therapy
amebic abscess: following response to nitroimidazole therapy
abscess recurrence
Colaboradores
Autores
Rachel P. Simmons, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence
RI
Declarações
RPS declares that she has no competing interests.
Lawrence S. Friedman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston
MA
Declarações
LSF has received royalties from Elsevier, Wiley, McGraw-Hill, Harvard Health Publications, Wolters Kluwer, and UpToDate.
Revisores
James Neuberger, BM, BCh
Consultant Physician
Liver Unit
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
UK
Declarações
JN declares that he has no competing interests.
Nancy Reau, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago
Center for Liver Disease
Chicago
IL
Declarações
NR declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referências
Principais artigos
Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ. Brandt. Sleisenger and fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease - 2: pathophysiology, diagnosis, management. 11th ed. Elsevier; 2022.
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