Percutaneous needle aspiration of the liver in suspected pyogenic liver abscess has not been recommended. Our experience with this is limited to 1 case, in which thoracentesis was carried out for ...

Liver Abscess. Metronidazole 750–800 mg three ... and emetine hydrochloride limit their use and are now rarely used. Aspiration of the abscess might be necessary in some cases.

The following is a summary of “Prognosis of liver abscess in the intensive care unit (POLAIR), a multicentre observational ...

Of interest, this finding is not concordant with the previous bacteriology study of liver abscesses in Taiwan, where the prevalence of HBV infection is very high, which reported about 20% of ...