CLINICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS IN PATIENTS WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF AMEBIC AND BACTERIAL LIVER ABSCESS.

Introduction and Objectives: A hepatic abscess (HA) accumulates purulent material in the liver parenchyma and can be of bacterial, parasitic, fungal, or mixed origin. The incidence ranges from 2.3 to 22 per 100,000 people. In Mexico, the annual incidence of amoebic liver abscess is 6.7 per 100,000 p...

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Main Authors: C.A. Campoverde-Espinoza, A. Martínez-Tovar, F. Higuera de la Tijera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268121003276