Open AccessAbsceso hepático gaseoso de etiología inusual
Author(s) -
Esther Álvarez-Rodríguez,
Beatriz Valle Borrego,
B. Rojano Martín,
R. Torres-Gárate,
Máximo Poza,
J. J. Sicilia Enríquez de Salamanca
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
anales de medicina interna
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0212-7199
DOI - 10.4321/s0212-71992005000300007
Subject(s) - medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , pyogenic liver abscess , gastroenterology , liver abscess , diverticulitis , hepatic abscess , appendicitis , abscess , surgery , escherichia coli , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Pyogenic hepatic abscesses used to be caused by an abdominal infection. Cholangitis due to stones is the commonest cause, followed by diverticulitis or appendicitis. Most patients presenting with pyogenic liver abscesses have a polymicrobial infection usually with Gram negative aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae are frequently implicated but they do not usually produce gas into the abscesses. We comment a case of a gas-containing liver abscess after an acute pancreatitis without any risk factor associated.