"Liver Abscess, Pyogenic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
MeSH Number(s)
C01.539.830.025.020.455.730
C06.552.597.758
Concept/Terms
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic- Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
- Abscess, Pyogenic Liver
- Abscesses, Pyogenic Liver
- Liver Abscesses, Pyogenic
- Pyogenic Liver Abscesses
- Pyogenic Liver Abscess
- Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess
- Abscess, Pyogenic Hepatic
- Abscesses, Pyogenic Hepatic
- Hepatic Abscess, Pyogenic
- Hepatic Abscesses, Pyogenic
- Pyogenic Hepatic Abscesses
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Liver Abscess, Pyogenic" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Liver Abscess, Pyogenic" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Liver Abscess, Pyogenic" by people in Profiles.
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Pyogenic liver abscesses from Fusobacterium nucleatum in an immunocompetent host. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2020 06; 44(3):e59-e60.
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Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes in a cohort of patients with pyogenic and amoebic liver abscess. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 03; 19(1):490.
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Invasive liver abscess syndrome in North America. Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2017 Apr-Jun; 80(2):329-330.
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Predictors of septic shock in initially stable patients with pyogenic liver abscess. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2017 May; 52(5):589-594.
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Image of the Month: An Exophytic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach Complicated by Bacteremia and Liver Abscess. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Mar; 111(3):311.
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Pyogenic liver abscess following pancreaticoduodenectomy: risk factors, treatment, and long-term outcome. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 May; 18(5):922-8.
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Complementary medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Feb; 29(2):412-6.
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Evaluation of liver lesions. Clin Liver Dis. 2012 May; 16(2):271-83.
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Cryptogenic pyogenic liver abscess as the herald of colon cancer. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Feb; 27(2):248-55.
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Primary liver cancer presenting as pyogenic liver abscess: characteristics, diagnosis, and management. J Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun 01; 105(7):687-91.