PMC9801097_01
Enhanced Computed tomography scan series of liver abscess. There is multifocal liver abscess (white arrowhead) in S4, S5-6 of the liver on Day 1 and 10. Liver abscess appears to have resolved on day 40.
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C-reactive protein (CRP), and increased white blood cells with neutrocyte dominant (Table 1). Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed that the small hypodense area in S4 and a huge hypodense area with the well-defined boundary of more than 100 mm in diameter in S5-6 (Fig. 1). A total of 6 weeks of antimicrobial therapy was completed on day 40, and we confirmed that liver abscess had been almost completely diminished on enhanced CT scan (Fig. 1).
C-reactive protein (CRP) and Body temperature (BT) during treatment. The patient presented with high CRP level on admission day, however it rapidly downtrending after starting antibiotics therapy. BT was transiently elevated by COVID-19 on day 27-29 but remained normal after treatment. (*: Due to the testing equipment, the upper limit for CRP was 32, and the exact value was not known.).
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His fever resolved on the day 5 and CRP was on downtrend with the treatment (Fig. 2).
Image of the oral cavity of the patient and the findings of periodontal disease (white arrowheads).
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There was no suspicious findings of on esophagus and stomach, but there were the brownish stains under the patient's teeth, suggesting that periodontal disease (Fig. 3).