ArticleTropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines2021
Importation of Entamoeba histolytica and predominance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in liver abscesses: a 7-year retrospective cohort study from the United Arab Emirates.
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Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Liver Abscesses: An Observational Study
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- Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess as a Complication of Appendicitis: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Liver abscesses in Southern Europe: clinical and microbiological characterization of a retrospective cohort.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Observational
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- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of liver abscesses: a 12-year retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center in the United Arab Emirates.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Demographics, Radiological Findings, and Clinical Outcomes ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a dearth of information on liver abscesses in the United Arab Emirates. Herein, we describe the clinical features of liver abscesses and determine their incidence rates and clinical outcomes.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the clinical charts of adult patients with a primary diagnosis of liver abscess at a major hospital over a 7-year period.
resultsAmongst 45 patients, 82.2% (37/45) had a pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) and 17.8% (8/45) had amoebic liver abscesses (ALA). Overall, patients were young (median age 42 years, IQR 35-52), mostly males (77.8%, 35/45) from the Indian subcontinent (55.6%, 25/45), presented with fever (88.9%, 40/45) and abdominal pain (88.9%, 40/45), and had a solitary abscess on imaging (71.1% (32/45). Crude annual incidence rates were 35.9/100,000 hospital admissions (95% CI 26.2-48.0) and 5.9/100,000 inhabitants (95% CI 4.3-7.9). All ALA patients were from the Indian subcontinent (100%, 8/8). Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most frequent pathogen in PLA (43.2% [16/37], 95% CI 27.1-60.5%). The hospital stay was shorter in ALA (7.5 days, IQR 7-8.5) than in PLA (14 days, IQR 9-17). No deaths were recorded within 30 days of hospitalisation.
conclusionsALA was exclusively seen in migrants from the Indian subcontinent, suggesting importation. Further research to characterise K. pneumoniae isolates and assess potential risk factors is needed.
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