Table 1: Clinical characteristics of the sample studied. N = 5.

Patient

Age

(years)

Sex

Comorbidities

Initial clinical

manifestation

Source of

infection

Initial diagnosis

Final diagnosis

1

64

Female

T2D/SAH

Pain in right

hypochondrium,

fever, nausea,

vomiting

Gallbladder

Severe

cholangitis +

acute cholecystitis

(Tokio grade III)

Piocolecisto

2

52

Male

Alcoholism

Mesogastric pain,

nausea,

and fever

Pancreas

Severe acute

pancreatitis

(Atlanta 2012)

Pancreatic

pseudocyst

(type V)

3

54

Male

T2D /

alcoholism

Fever,

jaundice,

right

hypochondrial

pain

Liver

Chronic

hepatic

insufficiency

(Child-Pugh B)

Pyogenic

liver

abscesses

4

67

Female

T2D /

SAH/IC

Vomiting,

pain in right

iliac fossa

Kidney

Hydronephrosis vs.

pyelonephritis +

complicated UTI

Renal cyst

(Bosniak I)

5

41

Male

SAH

Fever,

jaundice,

vomiting

Gallbladder

Severe

cholangitis +

choledocholithiasis

Vesicular

perforation +

peritonitis

T2D = type 2 diabetes,

SAH = systemic arterial hypertension,

HF = heart failure,

UTI = urinary tract infection.