A curious liver abscess
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Tags : anti-bacterialagents, hepatomegaly, liverabscess, pyogenicliverabscess
Category : Cases reports
Authors : Filipa Coroado Ferreira
Liver abscesses are the most common type of visceral abscesses.
There is a variety of risk factors and organisms described as causing pyogenic liver abscess and this
variability reflects the different routes of hepatic invasion.
Treatment usually includes drainage and antibiotic therapy. The authors describe a clini[...]