Pyogenic liver abscess in a child with concomitant infections –  and

PARAMETER	Refer. values	Day 1	Day 3	Day 7	Day 11	Day 14	Day 21
Leukocytes (per mm³)	4.5 – 13	20.53	40.85	37.89	35.82	13.09	14.21
Neutrophils (per mm³)	1.8 – 7.0	14.74	32.05	30.17	27.27	9.65	7.47
Haemoglobin (g/l)	118 – 150	104	106	81	80	105	102
Platelets (per mm³)	150 – 440	248	450	844	1250	998	723
C-reactive protein (mg/l)	< 5	169.9	133.9	215.7	118.9	71.8	22.3
Gama glutamine transferase (μkat/l)	0.08 – 0.4	1.0	1.24	3.44	6.09	–	4.95
Alanine aminotransferase (μkat/l)	0.05 – 0.78	1.25	0.73	0.41	0.28	–	0.21
Albumin (g/l)	35 – 53	27.9	28.7	30.3	35.5	–	–
Procalcitonin (μg/l)	< 0.5	–	–	3.25	6.69	0.789	0.12

EXAMINATION	PARAMETER/TEST	RESULT
PARASITOLOGICAL	E. multilocularis PCR (liver sample)	POSITIVE
	E. granulosus IgG antibodies	Negative
	E. multilocularis IgG antibodies	Negative
	Toxocara IgG antibodies	POSITIVE
	Toxoplasma IgG antibodies	POSITIVE
	Parasitological stool examination	Ascaris lumbricoides Trichuris trichiura

BACTERIOLOGICAL	Microbiological cultivation (liver sample)	Staphylococcus aureus
	Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR (liver sample)	POSITIVE
	Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tests (Quantiferon test; Tuberculin Skin test; Microscopy and cultivation for Acid-fast bacilli from respiratory and gastric aspirates; SPOT assay)	Negative
	Yersinia enterocolitica	Negative
	Hemo-culture S. maltophilia detected on day 12; former hemo-cultures were negative	Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia S. maltophilia detected on day 12; former hemo-cultures were negative

VIROLOGICAL	Cytomegalovirus	Negative
	HIV test	Negative
	Viral hepatitis	Negative
	Epstein-Barr virus	Negative

FUNGAL	Candida mannan antigen	POSITIVE

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Dziedziny czasopisma:: Life Sciences, Zoology, Ecology, other, Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Microbiology, Virology and Infection Epidemiology

Pyogenic liver abscess in a child with concomitant infections – Staphylococcus aureus, Echinococcus multilocularis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis