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==Complications==
Complications of pyogenic liver abscess include:<ref name="pmid21206721">{{cite journal| author=Malik AA, Bari SU, Rouf KA, Wani KA| title=Pyogenic liver abscess: Changing patterns in approach. | journal=World J Gastrointest Surg | year= 2010 | volume= 2 | issue= 12 | pages= 395-401 | pmid=21206721 | doi=10.4240/wjgs.v2.i12.395 | pmc=3014521 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21206721  }} </ref>
*Septicemia
*Intra abdominal abscess
*Hepatic failure
*Renal failure
*Recurrent liver abscess
*Massive upper gastrointestinal bleed
*Prolonged biliary drainage
*Free peritonitis


==References==
==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]

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Complications

Complications of pyogenic liver abscess include:[1]

  • Septicemia
  • Intra abdominal abscess
  • Hepatic failure
  • Renal failure
  • Recurrent liver abscess
  • Massive upper gastrointestinal bleed
  • Prolonged biliary drainage
  • Free peritonitis

References

  1. Malik AA, Bari SU, Rouf KA, Wani KA (2010). "Pyogenic liver abscess: Changing patterns in approach". World J Gastrointest Surg. 2 (12): 395–401. doi:10.4240/wjgs.v2.i12.395. PMC 3014521. PMID 21206721.