Compared with classic K. pneumoniae strains, hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae are more likely to cause severe disseminated infections such as community-acquired infections, including ...

Beef-on-dairy crossbreds show clear advantages in feed efficiency and carcass performance, but Michigan State University ...

Amoebic liver abscess is diagnosed with a combination of typical imaging findings and positive amoebiasis serology. Drainage of amoebic liver abscesses is not recommended as a routine treatment unless ...

After more than three weeks of intensive treatment, the patient's pneumonia improved, breathing stabilised, sedation was ...

Liver abscess and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are two significant tropical gastrointestinal disorders. The concurrence between these two disorders yields poor prognosis, which then often ...

"That had nothing to do with the liver; that I developed an abscess behind the liver, under one of my lungs," Mazurkiewicz said. "Almost didn't make it out of the ICU at that time.

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." ...

At first glance, doctors saw a common problem—a liver abscess, likely due to infection. They drained the pus, prescribed antibiotics, and sent the 45-year-old man in Saudi Arabia on his way.

Table 1 Liver Abscesses at the Hartford Hospital, 1942–1962. There were 34 male and 27 female patients, with an average age of fifty-four years.

Liver abscesses form when pockets of pus develop within the liver tissue, usually resulting from bacterial infections. These abscesses trigger severe, localized pain along with high fever and ...

Background: This case describes a liver abscess diagnosed in a returning traveller with three different microorganisms potentially implicated as the causative agent. The varied potential causative ...

Causative Agents of Liver Abscess in Thai Hepatitis B Carriers Viroj Wiwanitkit, MD; Jamsai Suwansaksri, MSc; Nattakarn Suwansaksri, MD Disclosures Medscape General Medicine. 2004;6 (1):e34 Results ...