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Liver abscess may be classified into 3 types based on etiology into [[pyogenic]], [[amoeba|amoebic]], and [[fungal]] liver abscess. | |||
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Liver abscess Main Page |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||