P081 - Abcès hépatique chez un nouveau né secondaire à l’emplacement d’un cathéter ombilical

Neonatal pyogenic liver abscess following omphalitis: A case report

“…The majority of cases published in the literature are in children, with an annual prevalence of 1 to 100 cases and a mean age of approximately 7 years [ 2 , 3 , 5 ]. Neonatal cases have been rarely reported and have involved preterm or very low birth weight infants [ 1 , 6 , 7 ].…”

“…Pyogenic liver abscess is an unusual infection in neonates [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] ]. It is a severe and potentially life-threatening infection, and remains a major cause of mortality [ [1] , [2] , [3] ].…”

“…Pyogenic liver abscess is an unusual infection in neonates [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] ]. It is a severe and potentially life-threatening infection, and remains a major cause of mortality [ [1] , [2] , [3] ]. Indeed, liver abscess in neonates can be difficult to diagnose and manage, partly due to its rarity and difficulties of clinical suspicion, but it can also present as sepsis with several other localizations and can therefore be missed if not actively searched for in neonates [ [4] , [5] , [6] ].…”