A pyogenic liver abscess is an area in the liver that is full of pus, a thick fluid the body creates in response to infection. “Pyogenic” means to produce pus.

KEY POINTS Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) presents as a community-acquired pyogenic liver abscess with bacteremia and multiple sites of metastatic involvement including, but not limited to ...

Key takeaways: More patients with pyogenic liver abscess were diagnosed with colorectal cancer vs. controls (1.9% vs. 0.8%). CRC incidence was highest in the first 3 years of PLA diagnosis ...

"Also, children who were completely fit and healthy before COVID are suffering from tuberculosis and liver abscess along with RSV and they were not given immunosuppressant such as steroids," he added.