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9143181

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
A high incidence (28 per 100,000 admissions) of liver abscesses is reported in children from the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Of a total of 84 childhood hepatic abscesses over a 10-year period, 51 per cent (43 patients) were primary pyogenic, 30 per cent (25 patients) amoebic, 2 per cent (two patients) Ascaris, and 17 per cent (14 patients) were culture negative. Protein calorie malnutrition was evident in 56 per cent of cases. Amoebic abscesses originated in patients from rural areas, whereas pyogenic abscesses occurred in patients from urban and periurban environments. Staphylococcus aureus was cultured in 85 per cent of pyogenic liver abscesses. Gram negative organisms were identified in four cases of amoebic hepatic abscess where secondary infection occurred. Co-existing parasites of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura were identified in the stools of 31 per cent of patients. A low (4.8 per cent) mortality is reported for this series.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0142-6338
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
103-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-3-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiological aspects of liver abscesses in children in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Parow, Cape Town, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article