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Therapy of Liver Abscesses [PDF]
Visceral Medicine, 2014 <b><i>Background:</i></b> Liver abscess (LA) is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening disease with significant morbidity and mortality. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This review comprehensively describes epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of LA, with a strong focus on antimicrobial ...
Johannes Wiegand +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 BackgroundInvasive Klebsiella-associated liver abscesses can progress rapidly and cause severe metastatic infections such as meningitis and hydrocephalus, which are associated with high morbidity and mortality. In patients with large multiloculated liver
Hiroyuki Nojima +9 more
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Cryptogenic invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome [PDF]
, 2007 SummaryBackgroundKlebsiella pneumoniae-associated liver abscesses have distinct clinical and epidemiologic features.MethodsWe report the unusual case of an American patient with a K.
Braiteh, Fadi, Golden, Marjorie P.
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Diagnostic difficulty of liver lesion
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016 Liver abscess is mostly either pyogenic or amebic. Fungal and mycobacterial liver abscesses are rare and mostly associated with immunosuppression. The occurrence of fungal liver abscess with hydatid cyst was never reported previously.
Jayabal Pandiaraja
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess Following an Uncomplicated Colonoscopy [PDF]
, 2017 Pyogenic liver abscess is a potentially devastating clinical entity associated with significant morbidity and mortality[1]. A myriad of causes for liver abscess have been described including intra-abdominal infections such as diverticulitis[2].
Moran, Anne-Marie, Rahmani, George
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Liver abscess in children: A 10-year single centre experience
The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Background/Aim: Although liver abscess is more prevalent in developing countries than in developed countries, there is scant data about the characteristics of pediatric liver abscess in our region.
Roohollah Salahi +5 more
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An unusual cause of pyogenic liver abscess. The conundrum of broom splinter. Report of two cases
Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2022 Pyogenic liver abscess is an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. Very few cases of liver abscess due to foreign bodies have been reported. We report our experience in two patients who were successfully managed for liver abscess due to impaled broom ...
Olanrewaju Samuel Balogun +3 more
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Occult Colon Cancer in a Patient with Diabetes and Recurrent Klebsiella Pneumoniae Liver Abscess
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009 Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a well-known leading cause of liver abscess in patients with diabetes, but recurrent Kp liver abscess in such patients within a period of time is seldom seen.
Wen-Hung Hsu +5 more
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Diabetes and obesity and risk of pyogenic liver abscess
Scientific Reports, 2023 Few literatures discussed the relationship of glycemic control and body mass index (BMI) with the risk of pyogenic liver abscess. We conducted a population-based cohort study using participants of a community-based health screening program in Taiwan from
Jiun-Ling Wang +3 more
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A Rare SOL of the Liver: Diagnostic and Management Dilemma [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Aetiology and clinical presentation of space occupying lesions (SOL) of liver are varied. It can be solid, cystic or heterogenous. Usually liver abscess presents as a symptomatic cystic SOL in a sick patient. Here, we are reporting a case of giant liver
Sudeepta Kumar Swain +4 more
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