Hesitate before you aspirate liver cyst infections: world-first expert consensus
They provide 26 management statements for patients with varying degrees of infection.
Fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins should be first-line antibiotics for liver cyst infections and ‘preferably’ used for six weeks, new guidance says.
An international panel of 24 specialists — including 12 hepatologists — has also advised clinicians to use fever, CRP level and leukocyte concentration to evaluate treatment effect, but urged caution when considering aspiration.
