Successful switch to oral therapy with doxycycline in the case of an actinomycotic hepatic abscess
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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.2805Keywords:
hepatic actinomycosis, medical treatment, doxycyclineAbstract
A 72-year-old female was admitted with the symptoms of malaise, loss of appetite, upper right quadrant pain, fever, and sweats, which had been present for last 7 days. CT-scan of the abdomen revealed a hypodense mass in the right liver lobe; histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen yielded a diagnosis of actinomycotic abscess. Treatment with intravenous ampicillin for 8 weeks followed by a course of oral doxicycline for 28 weeks resulted in the complete resolution of the abscess.
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2013-05-13
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Petrache D, Popescu G-A (2013) Successful switch to oral therapy with doxycycline in the case of an actinomycotic hepatic abscess. J Infect Dev Ctries 7:421–423. doi: 10.3855/jidc.2805
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