Diseases

Pyogenic Liver Abscess

Single or multiple areas of PUS due to bacterial infection within the hepatic parenchyma. It can be caused by a variety of BACTERIA, local or disseminated from infections elsewhere such as in APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; PERITONITIS; and after LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.

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Single or multiple areas of PUS due to bacterial infection within the hepatic parenchyma. It can be caused by a variety of BACTERIA, local or disseminated from infections elsewhere such as in APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; PERITONITIS; and after LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.

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11 entry terms
  • Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
  • Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess
  • Abscess, Pyogenic Hepatic
  • Abscess, Pyogenic Liver
  • Abscesses, Pyogenic Hepatic
  • Abscesses, Pyogenic Liver
  • Hepatic Abscess, Pyogenic
  • Hepatic Abscesses, Pyogenic
  • Liver Abscesses, Pyogenic
  • Pyogenic Hepatic Abscesses
  • Pyogenic Liver Abscesses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific organism infection term (IM)

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History Note

2005

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Previous Indexing

  • Liver Abscess (1966-2004)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pyogenic Liver Abscess. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D046290. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D046290
  2. Pyogenic Liver Abscess. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyogenic_liver_abscess
  3. Pyogenic Liver Abscess. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7263138