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HEPATIC ABSCESS (PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS) |
| biliary tract disease [60%] | cholangitis |
| via portal venous system (any organ drained by this system) [24%] | appendicitis diverticulitis bacterial gastroenteritis |
| hematogenous dissemination [15%] | any systemic bacteremia
including: endocarditis pyelonephritis |
| contiguous spread [4%] | cholecystitis perihepatitis |
| penetrating hepatic trauma | (direct inoculation of organisms) |
| nonpenetrating hepatic trauma | localized hepatic necrosis and/or hemorrhage and/or bile leakage with secondary infection |
| amoebic liver abscess | |
| secondary infection of | hydatid cystic cavities liver transplantation hepatic artery embolization other liver lesions |
| cryptogenic [20%] |
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