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Cryptogenic Liver abscess by Group F Streptococci: A rare Case report
Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, 2018 Cryptogenic pyogenic Liver abscess is a condition in which no predisposing foci of infection is found in any part of the body. Group F streptococci causing pyogenic Liver abscess and Cryptogenic pyogenic Liver abscess is rare and is found to be ...
Anitha Deva +3 more
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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017 The hematogenous spreading of an infectious pathogen via the portal vein from a mucosal injury in the gastrointestinal tract has been considered as one of the pathologic mechanisms of pyogenic liver abscess. Several studies have presented the association
Dong-Hee Park +6 more
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International Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research Studies, 2022 They predominate between the fifth and sixth decade of life, due to the higher incidence of neoplasms and complex biliary diseases, with higher incidence in countries with temperate climate. Most are secondary to biliary or gastrointestinal tract infection. It is often preceded by symptoms that vary from days to two to three weeks, with fever in 90% of
Kai Siang Chan, Vishal Shelat
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Liver Abscess – A scourge of the Tropics [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2016 Introduction: Liver abscess defined as a collection of pus within the liver parenchyma continues to remain a scourge for the population in our limited resource area. Amoebic and pyogenic etiologies predominate.
Sharad Seth, Seema Seth
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Pyogenic liver abscess and pulmonary septic emboli in a diabetic woman
Autopsy and Case Reports, 2011 A 67-year-old diabetic woman was admitted with abdominal pain one day after being discharged from other hospital, where she had been diagnosed with urinary infection and sepsis. A pyogenic liver abscess was detected by ultrasonography in this institution.
Aloísio Felipe-Silva, Lorena Laborda
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Pyogenic liver abscess mimicking pleural effusion
South African Family Practice, 2012 Pyogenic liver abscess is a major visceral abscess that may pose a diagnostic dilemma in a febrile child with prominent extra-abdominal symptoms. We present a case of a well-nourished, immunocompetent four-year-old girl who had none of the common ...
M. Abiodun, W. Osarogiagbon, O. Oviawe
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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2010 [Extract] INTRODUCTION — Pyogenic liver abscesses usually develop following peritonitis due to leakage of intraabdominal bowel contents that subsequently spread to liver via the portal circulation or via direct spread from biliary infection. They may also result from arterial hematogenous seeding in the setting of systemic infection.
Noreen T, Nazir +2 more
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Journal of Epidemiology, 2015 Objectives: Little is known about the risk of pyogenic liver abscess in patients with splenectomy. We explored the relationship between splenectomy and pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan.
Shih-Wei Lai +3 more
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess as Endemic Disease, Taiwan
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Pyogenic liver abscess has become a health problem in Taiwanese society. However, the extent of this problem has remained unclear because of the lack of a population-based study.
Feng-Chiao Tsai +3 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background/aims This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with prolonged hospital stay and in-hospital mortality in patients with pyogenic liver abscess.
Chang Hun Lee +11 more
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