BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pyogenic liver abscesses are mainly treated by percutaneous aspiration or drainage under antibiotic cover. If interventional radiology fails, surgical drainage becomes necessary. Recently, we performed laparoscopic liver abscess drainage successfully, and we aimed to focus on the topic in light of a systematic review of the literature. METHODS A 22-year-old man was a...

Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is one of the most common pathogens to cause liver abscess. Because K. pneumoniae is highly virulent, it may cause embolic complications. The rate of metastatic infection has a range of 3.5% to 20%. Thus, a diagnostic work-up for metastatic complications should be employed in K. pneumoniae liver abscess cases, including chest radiography and computed tomo g...

Introduction: Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is a non-spore forming, anaerobic, gram-negative bacteria usually associated with periodontal disease and rarely reported in association with pyogenic liver abscess. Although common symptoms of colonic cancer are well known, unusual infections may herald presence of such a cancer. Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia is an accepted diagnostic mark...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Direct demonstration of Entamoeba histolytica by conventional microscopy and in vitro culture in pus obtained from amebic liver abscess (ALA) is often unsuccessful. We evaluated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of E. histolytica DNA in such pus. METHODS Species-specific primers were used for the amplification of E. histolytica DNA from liver pus obtained ...

BACKGROUND Prognosis of pyogenic liver abscesses in patients with malignant disease is generally considered poor. The discrepancy between the outcomes of liver abscesses caused by hepatopancreatobiliary malignant disease and those caused by other malignant diseases, however, to our knowledge has never been investigated. OBJECTIVES To clarify the clinical course of pyogenic liver abscess in pa...