Open AccessDiabetes Mellitus and Pyogenic Liver Abscess: Risk and Prognosis
Author(s) -
Reimar W. Thomsen,
Peter Jepsen,
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/513201
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , relative risk , population , confidence interval , risk factor , pyogenic liver abscess , surgery , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , liver abscess , abscess , endocrinology , physics , environmental health , optics
Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a rare, life-threatening disease with an increasing rate of incidence. Case reports from East Asia suggest that diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor, but formal evidence is limited.
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