The presentation ranges from low-grade fever with abdominal tenderness, weakness, malaise, and anorexia to hypoxemia and hypotension. The infection is usually polymicrobial with E coli and other gram-negative bacilli and anaerobes. [emedicine.medscape.com]

[…] abscess do have symptoms, including: Abdominal pain, more so in the right, upper part of the abdomen; pain is intense, continuous or stabbing Cough Fever and chills Diarrhea (in only one-third of patients) General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling ( malaise [medlineplus.gov]

Most pyogenic abscesses are caused by polymicrobial enteric flora in the setting of hepatobiliary disease or intraabdominal infection and often present with fever, abdominal pain, nausea, and malaise. [clinicaladvisor.com]

Nocardia Actinomyces Commonly Associated Conditions Periodontal disease Pneumonia Alcoholism Empyema (if necrosis of the abscess wall allows entry into pleural space) (1) Tuberculosis Immunocompetent patient Diagnosis History Fever Night sweats Diaphoresis Malaise [tipsdiscover.com]

Patients usually present with fever, malaise, fatigue, anorexia and intestinal manifestations in 10-35% of the cases. Patients with liver abscesses often additionally have abdominal pain. [omicsonline.org]

Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health Alveolar abnormalities Blood gases Breath sounds Chemical pneumonitis Chest tube insertion Coal worker's pneumoconiosis Coughing up blood Drug-induced pulmonary disease Empyema Goodpasture syndrome [icdlist.com]

Coughing is important because nonpulmonary sources of bleeding are not usually associated with hemoptysis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients note a fever, pain in the right half of the breast, painful, dry cough, shortness of breath, in the future there is abundant expectoration of dark brown ("chocolate") in color. [eurodoctor.ucoz.com]

“Putrid” cough, foul sm... In immunocompetent hosts, clindamycin 600 mg 8h IV followed by 300 mg q6h PO after defervescence and clinical stability has been shown most effective ( 4 )[ A ]. [5minuteconsult.com]

Cough with or without expectoration and pleuritic chest pain is also seen in ALA. 9. During the course of illness one-third of patients may develop clinical jaundice. [ispub.com]

This case demonstrated that sediments of pleural effusion may be used for further pathological examination after routine cytology has shown negative results. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There was an associated slight to moderate pleural effusion or empyema, but the diaphragm was only slightly elevated. [isradiology.org]

A massive pleural effusion may be present without a significant tracheal shift 16 (Fig. 48). [bhj.org.in]

It usually presents with high-grade fever, associated with right upper abdominal pain, constitutional symptoms, and pleuropulmonary complications mainly in the form of pleural effusion and leucocytosis. [atmph.org]

Adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion. Chest. 2001;120:334–6. 23. Light RW. Establishing the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:1967–8. 24. Nagesh BS, Sehgal S, Jindal SK, Arora SK. [aafp.org]

Physical exam was significant for a fever of 103.8 F, pale conjunctivae, rales over the right lung base and direct tenderness to palpation overlying the right upper quadrant. [omicsonline.org]

Breath sounds may be diminished at the right lung base, and rales may be heard. A small subset of patients has a subacute presentation with hepatomegaly, weight loss, and anemia. Jaundice is unusual (6-10%). [emedicine.medscape.com]

A 26-year-old female was referred from a private hospital on postpartum day 12 with complaints of high grade fever with chills, productive cough, progressively increasing breathlessness, right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and swelling all over body [atmph.org]

Symptoms and Signs Symptoms of abscess due to anaerobic bacteria or mixed anaerobic and aerobic bacteria are usually chronic (eg, occurring over weeks or months) and include productive cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. [merckmanuals.com]

Hematogenous drift of amoebae in the lungs causes the development of amoebic pneumonia manifesting febrile reaction, chest pain, painful cough with scanty expectoration of brownish-gray, which can be detected by tissue forms of amoebae. [eurodoctor.ucoz.com]

Often there is anaemia and a dry painful cough. There is liver enlargement with localised tenderness in the right hypochondrium, epigastrium and intercostal spaces overlying the liver. An epigastric mass from a left-lobe lesion may be found. [patient.info]

Persistent pulmonary infiltrate results when a substance denser than air (e.g., pus, edema, blood, surfactant, protein, or cells) lingers within the lung parenchyma. [online.epocrates.com]

The right hemidiaphragm is totally obscured by the overlying pulmonary infiltrate and pleural reaction. Residual pleural thickening will persist throughout the patient's lifetime. Next Page Previous Page [isradiology.org]

Chest radiography typically reveals a small to moderate, unilateral pleural effusion; about 20 percent of patients have associated pulmonary lesions. 20 Computed tomography (CT) of the chest may show lymphadenopathy, pulmonary infiltrates, or cavitation [aafp.org]

Motility Disorders 1887 Thomas W Shields 2069 Barretts Esophagus 1925 166 Radiographic Computed Tomographic 2079 Cardial Incompetence and Associated Mediastinum 2103 Katherine A Barsness and Marleta Reynolds 168 Mediastinal Tumor Markers 2131 Esophageal [books.google.com]

sedimentation rate, and hyponatremia. 40 Examination of the sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, gastric washings, CSF, blood culture, or biopsies of liver and bone marrow may be necessary for diagnosis. 16 A tuberculin skin test result is positive in less [aafp.org]

vulnificus intoxication A05.8 Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications A05.9 Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified A06 Amebiasis A06.0 Acute amebic dysentery A06.1 Chronic intestinal amebiasis A06.2 Amebic nondysenteric colitis A06.3 [icd10data.com]

This case demonstrated that sediments of pleural effusion may be used for further pathological examination after routine cytology has shown negative results. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There was an associated slight to moderate pleural effusion or empyema, but the diaphragm was only slightly elevated. [isradiology.org]

A massive pleural effusion may be present without a significant tracheal shift 16 (Fig. 48). [bhj.org.in]

It usually presents with high-grade fever, associated with right upper abdominal pain, constitutional symptoms, and pleuropulmonary complications mainly in the form of pleural effusion and leucocytosis. [atmph.org]

Adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion. Chest. 2001;120:334–6. 23. Light RW. Establishing the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:1967–8. 24. Nagesh BS, Sehgal S, Jindal SK, Arora SK. [aafp.org]

A pleural rub may also be found. Sudden onset of coughing with expectoration of copious quantities of chocolate-colored sputum occurs if the abscess ruptures into bronchi ( Guarner, 1986 ). [clinicalgate.com]