Open AccessGiant criptogenic pyogenic gas containing left liver abscess
Author(s) -
R Colović,
Nikica Grubor,
Vladimir Radak
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0806292c
Subject(s) - medicine , pyogenic liver abscess , abscess , debridement (dental) , surgery , liver abscess , antibiotics , intravenous antibiotics , surgical debridement , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Pyogenic gas containing liver abscesses are rare. Less than 50 cases seem to have been described so far. Most of them were localised within the right liver. The majority of those abscesses appear in diabetic patients.