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==Overview==
==Overview==
Pyogenic liver abscess accounts for 48% of all [[abscess|visceral abscesses]] and 13% of [[abdominal|intra-abdominal]] [[abscess|abscesses]].<ref name="pmid4566907">{{cite journal| author=Altemeier WA, Culbertson WR, Fullen WD, Shook CD| title=Intra-abdominal abscesses. | journal=Am J Surg | year= 1973 | volume= 125 | issue= 1 | pages= 70-9 | pmid=4566907 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4566907  }} </ref>
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
===[[Incidence]] and [[Prevalence]]===
*Pyogenic liver abscess accounts for 48% of all [[abscess|visceral abscesses]] and 13% of [[abdominal|intra-abdominal]] [[abscess|abscesses]].<ref name="pmid4566907">{{cite journal| author=Altemeier WA, Culbertson WR, Fullen WD, Shook CD| title=Intra-abdominal abscesses. | journal=Am J Surg | year= 1973 | volume= 125 | issue= 1 | pages= 70-9 | pmid=4566907 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=4566907  }} </ref>
*The [[Incidence|annual incidence]] is 2.3 cases per 100,000.<ref name="pmid12454322">{{cite journal| author=Mohsen AH, Green ST, Read RC, McKendrick MW| title=Liver abscess in adults: ten years experience in a UK centre. | journal=QJM | year= 2002 | volume= 95 | issue= 12 | pages= 797-802 | pmid=12454322 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12454322  }} </ref>
*The [[incidence]] of pyogenic liver abscess in developed countries is 0.5% - 0.8% and frequency of admissions to hospital is 20 per 100,000.<ref name="pmid8651751">{{cite journal| author=Huang CJ, Pitt HA, Lipsett PA, Osterman FA, Lillemoe KD, Cameron JL et al.| title=Pyogenic hepatic abscess. Changing trends over 42 years. | journal=Ann Surg | year= 1996 | volume= 223 | issue= 5 | pages= 600-7; discussion 607-9 | pmid=8651751 | doi= | pmc=1235191 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8651751  }} </ref>
===Age===
Pyogenic liver abscess most commonly occurs in middle aged adults between 40's and 50's.
===Gender===
Pyogenic liver abscess is more common among men compared to women (3.3 vs. 1.3 per 100,000).<ref name="pmid8651751">{{cite journal| author=Huang CJ, Pitt HA, Lipsett PA, Osterman FA, Lillemoe KD, Cameron JL et al.| title=Pyogenic hepatic abscess. Changing trends over 42 years. | journal=Ann Surg | year= 1996 | volume= 223 | issue= 5 | pages= 600-7; discussion 607-9 | pmid=8651751 | doi= | pmc=1235191 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8651751  }} </ref><ref name="pmid15551257">{{cite journal| author=Kaplan GG, Gregson DB, Laupland KB| title=Population-based study of the epidemiology of and the risk factors for pyogenic liver abscess. | journal=Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol | year= 2004 | volume= 2 | issue= 11 | pages= 1032-8 | pmid=15551257 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15551257  }} </ref>
===Developed and Developing countries===
80% of all [[liver abscess|liver abscesses]] in developed countries are pyogenic liver abscess.
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Pyogenic liver abscess accounts for 48% of all visceral abscesses and 13% of intra-abdominal abscesses.[1]

Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence and Prevalence

Age

Pyogenic liver abscess most commonly occurs in middle aged adults between 40's and 50's.

Gender

Pyogenic liver abscess is more common among men compared to women (3.3 vs. 1.3 per 100,000).[3][4]

Developed and Developing countries

80% of all liver abscesses in developed countries are pyogenic liver abscess.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Altemeier WA, Culbertson WR, Fullen WD, Shook CD (1973). "Intra-abdominal abscesses". Am J Surg. 125 (1): 70–9. PMID 4566907.
  2. Mohsen AH, Green ST, Read RC, McKendrick MW (2002). "Liver abscess in adults: ten years experience in a UK centre". QJM. 95 (12): 797–802. PMID 12454322.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Huang CJ, Pitt HA, Lipsett PA, Osterman FA, Lillemoe KD, Cameron JL; et al. (1996). "Pyogenic hepatic abscess. Changing trends over 42 years". Ann Surg. 223 (5): 600–7, discussion 607-9. PMC 1235191. PMID 8651751.
  4. Kaplan GG, Gregson DB, Laupland KB (2004). "Population-based study of the epidemiology of and the risk factors for pyogenic liver abscess". Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2 (11): 1032–8. PMID 15551257.