Table 1: Presenting symptoms and signs in 715 patients diagnosed with liver abscess.
Table 2: Microbiologic results from 312 cases of liver abscess compiled from the literature.
Table 3: Comparison of the radiologic procedures used in the diagnosis of liver abscess.
Table 4: Underlying etiology of 1086 cases of liver abscess compiled from the literature.
Computed tomography (CT) scan findings of liver abscess are shown. A large, septated abscess of the right hepatic lobe is revealed. Abscess was successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy.
Computed tomography (CT) scan findings of liver abscess are shown. A large anterior abscess involving the left hepatic lobe is revealed. Abscess was successfully treated with percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy.

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Ruben Peralta, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP Deputy Trauma Medical Director, Professor and Director of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care Fellowship Program, Senior Consultant in Surgery, Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Associate Director of Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Hamad General Hospital and Hamad Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Ruben Peralta, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Blood Banks, American College of Healthcare Executives, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Massachusetts Medical Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons

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Michelle V Lisgaris, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Michelle V Lisgaris, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Robert A Salata, MD, FACP, FIDSA STERIS Chair of Excellence in Medicine, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Master Clinician in Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Robert A Salata, MD, FACP, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Immunologists, American Federation for Medical Research, American Medical Association, Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Ohio State Medical Association, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Joseph F John, Jr, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA Clinical Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Joseph F John, Jr, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is a member of the following medical societies: Charleston County Medical Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, South Carolina Infectious Diseases Society

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John Geibel, MD, MSc, DSc, AGAF Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Surgery, Section of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine; Director of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital; American Gastroenterological Association Fellow; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine

John Geibel, MD, MSc, DSc, AGAF is a member of the following medical societies: American Gastroenterological Association, American Physiological Society, American Society of Nephrology, Association for Academic Surgery, International Society of Nephrology, New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

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Marco G Patti, MD Surgeon, UNC Hospitals Multispecialty Surgery Clinic

Marco G Patti, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Surgeons, American Gastroenterological Association, American Medical Association, American Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Pan-Pacific Surgical Association, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, Southwestern Surgical Congress, Western Surgical Association

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