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Abscess Therapy

Reports from Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine advance knowledge in abscess therapy

Published in Drug Law Weekly, January 16th, 2007

New investigation results, "Pyogenic liver abscess after choledochoduodenostomy for biliary obstruction caused by autoimmune pancreatitis," are detailed in a study published in World Journal of Gastroenterology. "A 68-year-old man underwent cholecystectomy and choledochoduodenostomy for biliary obstruction and nephrectomy for a renal tumor. Based on clinical and histopathologic findings, autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) was diagnosed," researchers in Himeji, Japan report.

"The renal tumor was diagnosed as a renal cell cancer. Steroid therapy was started and thereafter pancreatic inflammation improved. Five years after surgery, the patient was readmitted because of pyrexia...

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