Amoebic liver abscess classification
Template:Amoebic Liver abscess Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Liver abscess may be classified into 3 types based on etiology into pyogenic, amoebic, and fungal liver abscess.
Classification
Liver abscess may be classified into 3 types based on etiology into pyogenic, amoebic, and fungal liver abscess.
| Liver abscess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amoebic liver abscess | Pyogenic liver abscess | Fungal abscess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entamoeba histolytica | Bacteria | Candida species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gram-positive aerobes | Gram-negative enterics | Anaerobic organisms | Acid fast bacilli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Streptococcus sp Staphylococcus aureus / Staphylococcus epidermidis Actinomyces sp Enterococcus sp Streptococcus milleri | Escherichia coli Salmonella typhi Yersinia enterocolitica K.pneumonia Pseudomonas sp Proteus sp Eikenella corrodens Others | Bacteroids sp Fusobacterium Anaerobic/ Microaerophilic streptococci Other anaerobes | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||