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The impact of previous abdominal surgery on clinical characteristics and prognosis of pyogenic liver abscess: A 10-year retrospective study of 392 patients.
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- Polymicrobial and ESBL-Producing Bacterial Infections Among Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A 12-Year Study of Risk Factors and Antimicrobial Susceptibility.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- The microbiological features and risk factors for liver abscess after thermal ablation of liver cancer.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics, pathogenic bacteria, and risk factors for different locations of pyogenic liver abscesses: a 10-year analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- HypervirulentInfection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Clinical features and etiological analysis for 157 cases of pyogenic liver abscess.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2021Article
- Clinical Significance of Serum Albumin/Globulin Ratio in Patients With Pyogenic Liver Abscess.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of pyogenic liver abscess patients < 65 years of age versus ≥ 65 years of age.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Clinical, microbiological, and molecular epidemiological characteristics ofAntimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2019Article
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Abstract
Many pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) patients underwent abdominal surgery before. However, little is known about the impact of previous abdominal surgery on the clinical characteristics and prognosis of PLA.The clinical data of 392 adult PLA patients who received treatment at our hospital from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2016 were collected. The demographic data, cause, comorbidities, surgery history, clinical features, laboratory results, imaging findings, microbiological characteristics, choices of treatment, and clinical outcomes were analyzed.In all, 177 PLA patients (45.2%) underwent abdominal surgery before. The median time for the occurrence of PLA after the most recent abdominal surgery was 2.0 (interquartile range 0.25, 6.0) years. PLA patients with a previous abdominal surgery history were more likely to have underlying diseases and presented with more abnormal laboratory values. Klebsiella pneumonia and Escherichia coli were the most common pathogens. Previous abdominal surgery appeared to increase the incidence of E coli. More PLA patients without a previous abdominal surgery history required surgical drainage. However, there were no differences in PLA-related complications, days required for temperature normalization, and length of hospital stay between the 2 groups.Because a large number of PLA patients had a history of abdominal surgery, and proper screening should be performed for patients with any suspicion of a liver abscess after abdominal surgery. Despite the differences in the coexisting conditions, clinical and microbiological characteristics between PLA patients with and without a previous abdominal surgery history, the overall short-term outcomes were comparable.
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