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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-01-01
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Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268121003276 |