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. 2023 Nov;66(11):984-991.
doi: 10.1111/myc.13636. Epub 2023 Aug 3.

Analysis of 15 cases from a monocentric cohort of 307 liver abscesses

Etienne Canouï  1 , Geoffrey Rossi  1 , Yann Nguyen  1 , Emmanuel Lafont  1 , Benjamin Rossi  1 , Olivier Roux  2 , Safi Dokmak  3 , Frédéric Bert  4 , Véronique Leflon-Guibout  4 , Bruno Fantin  1   5 , Agnès Lefort  1   5
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Analysis of 15 cases from a monocentric cohort of 307 liver abscesses

Etienne Canouï et al. Mycoses. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

Background: Out of the context of haematological patients, Candida sp. is rarely retrieved from pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA).

Objectives: Our objective was to assess the risk factors for occurrence, and clinical, microbiological characteristics, management and outcome of Candida pyogenic liver abscesses (C-PLA).

Patients/methods: We retrospectively analysed C-PLA cases and compared them to pyogenic liver abscesses exclusively due to bacteria (B-PLA) included in our monocentric database on liver abscesses. Unfavourable course was defined as the occurrence of a primary treatment failure (PTF), recurrence after an initial cure, or death within 3 months after diagnosis.

Results: Between 2010 and 2018, 15 C-PLA and 292 B-PLA were included. All C-PLA had a biliary origin and were polymicrobial. All patients with C-PLA had at least one comorbidity at risk for Candida infection and 7 (53.3%) presented with sepsis requiring an admission in intensive care unit. Median duration of antifungal treatment was 42 days [24-55]. In multivariate analysis, compared with B-PLA, a medical history of malignancy (OR 4.16; 95%CI 1.15-18.72) or liver abscess (OR 7.39; 95%CI 2.10-26.62), and sepsis with severity criteria (OR 3.52; 95%CI 1.07-11.90) were independently associated with the occurrence of C-PLA. In multivariate analysis, C-PLA was associated with a higher risk of recurrence (HR 3.08; 95%CI 1.38-11.22).

Conclusion: Candida liver abscesses in non-neutropenic is a rare and severe disease. The high rate of recurrence should lead to discuss a more intensive treatment.

Keywords: Candida liver abscess; recurrence.

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