Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Pyogenic Liver Abscess

Pyogenic liver abscesses are rare with an incidence of 0.5% to 0.8% and are mostly due to hepatobiliary causes (40% to 60%). Most are polymicrobial with less than 10% being caused by Staphylococcus aureus . Of these, few are caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and fewer stil...

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Main Authors: Joel Cherian Medical Student, Rahul Singh MD, Muralidhar Varma MD, Sudha Vidyasagar MD, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709616660576