Clinical, Laboratory, and Management Profile in Patients of Liver Abscess from Northern India

Table 5

Etiological analysis: amoebic serology was positive in 73% patients and, in accordance, aspirate was anchovy sauce in 71% of them. All cases of diagnosed tubercular abscess were AFB positive. In pyogenic liver abscess, Gram negative gut flora predominated etiologically.

	Parameter	Percentage (n)
Appearance	Anchovy sauce	71% (142)
	Purulent	29% (58)
Amoebic serology positive		73% (146)
AFB positivity on pus		7.5% (15)
Fungal culture on pus	Candida	1.5% (3)
Positive cultures on pus		22% (44)
Etiological agents in positive pus culture	E.coli	8.5% (17)
	Klebsiella	5.5% (11)
	Pseudomonas	2% (4)
	Acinetobacter	2% (4)
	Staphylococcus	2% (4)
	Enterococcus	1.5% (3)
	Citrobacter	0.5% (1)
Blood culture positive		1.5% (3)