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Abstract
Objective
To investigate the clinical features and prognostic factors in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and liver abscess.
Methods
The clinical data of AIDS patients with liver abscess admitted in Beijing You-an Hospital during January 2013 to December 2017 were retrospective analyzed to reveal the clinical manifestations, etiologies, imaging features, therapeutic effects and prognostic factors. T test, χ2 test or Fisher exact test were used for statistical analyses.
Results
A total of 76 patients were recruited. The most common clinical manifestations were fever (72 cases), chills (48 cases), anorexia (42 cases) and abdominal pain (35 cases). Liver abscesses were mainly located in right lobe (57 cases), then in left lobe (11 cases), in both right and left lobes (6 cases) and in caudate lobe (2 cases). Lobulation or division was seen in 19 cases and gas formation was seen in 5 cases. Single abscess was identified in 56 cases. Positive culture results were obtained in 15.5% (9/58) from liver pus and 6.0% (4/67) from blood samples. Thirteen strains of pathogens were detected by liver pus culture, including 9 strains of Staphylococcus, 3 strains of Candida and 1 strain of Mycobacterium. Six strains of pathogens were detected by blood culture, including 5 strains of Staphylococcus and 1 strain of Corynebacterium. The main complications included acute kidney injury (10 cases) and septic shock (6 cases). Sixty-one cases were treated with antibiotics plus imaging-guided percutaneous aspiration, drainage or surgery, of whom 57 cases were effective. Fifteen cases were treated with antibiotics alone, of whom 12 cases were effective. Septic shock (OR=70.16, 95%CI: 4.77-1 032.06, P<0.01), respiratory failure (OR=68.41, 95%CI: 2.40-1 946.53, P=0.01) and gas formation (OR=23.36, 95%CI: 1.30-420.16, P=0.03) were independent risk factors for poor prognosis.
Conclusions
The clinical features of AIDS patients with liver abscess are uncharacteristic. Bacteria are the main pathogens. Septic shock, respiratory failure and gas formation are independent risk factors for poor prognosis. Imaging-guided percutaneous aspiration, drainage combined with antibiotic therapy is safe and effective.
Key words:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Liver abscess; Prognosis; Clinical feature; Treatment
期刊介绍:
The Chinese Journal of Infectious Diseases was founded in February 1983. It is an academic journal on infectious diseases supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology, sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association, and hosted by the Shanghai Medical Association. The journal targets infectious disease physicians as its main readers, taking into account physicians of other interdisciplinary disciplines, and timely reports on leading scientific research results and clinical diagnosis and treatment experience in the field of infectious diseases, as well as basic theoretical research that has a guiding role in the clinical practice of infectious diseases and is closely integrated with the actual clinical practice of infectious diseases. Columns include reviews (including editor-in-chief reviews), expert lectures, consensus and guidelines (including interpretations), monographs, short monographs, academic debates, epidemic news, international dynamics, case reports, reviews, lectures, meeting minutes, etc.