We treated two patients with a ruptured amebic liver abscess. The diagnosis was made at a relatively early stage and treatment was successful for one patient, but an accurate diagnosis of liver abscess was not made and invasive extraintestinal amebiasis led to multiple organ failure and to death for the other. Neither patient had been outside of Japan, and both were heterosexual. The origins of...

Streptococcus milleri species are found in normal oral flora, upper respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and they have also been isolated from vagina. S. milleri organisms are associated with pyogenic infections and they either result in isolated infections or are a part of mixed pyogenic infections. Most commonly, they are associated with dental and periodontal abscess, nasopharyngeal in...

We describe a 77-year-old man with diabetes mellitus who developed a large gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess after admission. Mild elevation of serum biliary enzyme levels suggested probable biliary trouble on admission. Ultrasonography and computed tomography showed a large abscess of the liver with gas formation and the presence of gas within the lumina of the gallbladder and biliary trac...

Liver abscess was diagnosed in a man presenting with fever, chills and severe myopathy. The K. pneumoniae isolated from blood cultures belonged to the K1 serotype. The patient responded favourably to percutaneous drainage of the abscess and antibiotics. This is the first documented report of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome (KLAS) described in Romania and may indicate the emergence ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae has emerged as the leading cause of community-acquired pyogenic liver abscess in many countries. Community-acquired pyogenic liver abscess due to K. pneumoniae with a unique antibiogram indicative of resistance only to ampicillin has been demonstrated. We reported the first case on community-acquired pyogenic liver abscess caused by CTX-M-15-type extended-spectrum -lactama...

To investigate the clinical features, risk factors, and bacterial spectrum of liver abscess following transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and evaluate the therapeutic effect of percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) on the abscesses.A retrospective review of patient charts was performed in 3613 patients who suffered from liver malignancies (2832 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and 781 w...

Pyogenic liver abscess is an uncommon complication of intra-abdominal or biliary tract infection and is usually a polymicrobial infection associated with high mortality and high rates of relapse. However, over the past 15 years, we have observed a new clinical syndrome in Taiwan: liver abscesses caused by a single microorganism, Klebsiella pneumoniae. We reviewed 182 cases of pyogenic liver abs...

Hepatic abscess due to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract caused by ingested foreign bodies is uncommon. Pre-operative diagnosis is difficult as patients are often unaware of the foreign body ingestion and symptoms and imagiology are usually non-specific. The authors report a case of 62-year-old woman who was admitted with fever and abdominal pain. Further investigation revealed hepatic ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Over the past two decades in Taiwan, pyogenic liver abscess has usually been caused by a single microorganism, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and is frequently associated with the serious complication of endophthalmitis, especially in diabetic patients. However, the relationship between the clinical presentation and bacterial factors remains unclear. The aim of this study was to inv...

Background and aims: Over the past two decades in Taiwan, pyogenic liver abscess has usually been caused by a single microorganism, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and is frequently associated with the serious complication of endophthalmitis, especially in diabetic patients. However, the relationship between the clinical presentation and bacterial factors remains unclear. The aim of this study was to in...