Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal form of invasive amoebiasis. [67] About 20% of patients with liver abscess have previously had clinical dysentery. [67] Infection can ...

ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E. histolytica cysteine proteinase; Ehserp = E. histolytica serine proteinase; EhSTIRP = Serine threonine isoleucine-rich protein ...

A follow-up CT showed hundreds of liver abscesses from bacteremia — those cleared with continued antibiotics. My co-worker who read the follow-up CT congratulated me on a brilliant diagnosis." ...

A liver abscess, also called a hepatic abscess or pyogenic liver abscess, is a mass of pus in the liver. This may occur due to a liver injury or an infection from a parasite, bacteria, or fungi.

An urgent computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a liver abscess in segment V and a prostate abscess (Figure 1). No physical examination findings indicated meningitis or ...

Most pyogenic liver abscesses are polymicrobial, with the main reported agents being Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Their pathogenesis is multifactorial and can result from ascending ...

A 32-year-old man presented hospital with presyncope, nausea, and vomiting. Upon computed tomography, he was found to have multiple cryptogenic liver lesions. He had a history of lung adenocarcinoma ...

A 32-year-old man presented hospital with presyncope, nausea, and vomiting. Upon computed tomography, he was found to have multiple cryptogenic liver lesions. He had a history of lung adenocarcinoma ...

Objectives: Liver abscess is a severe complication that can occur following thermal ablation of liver cancer, with an incidence rate ranging from 0.2% to 2.4%. This study aimed to identify risk ...

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