Liver abscess - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
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- "source of liver abscess:
-cholecystitis / cholangitis 60%
- appendicitis/ diverticulitis 20%
- hematogenous spread from infected heart valve 15%
- Amebic liver abscess in tropics
Commonest organism: Enterobacteriaceae
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