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Pyogenic Liver Abscess

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Pyogenic liver abscess is uncommon but still causes significant mortality. In the United Kingdom and the United States the frequency varies from between 7 and 40 per 100,000 hospital admissions in series derived retrospectively from hospital notes 1 2 to around 0.6% of necropsies3 4.

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  1. Zentrum der Inneren Medizin, Klinikum der J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M., Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 6000, Frankfurt 70, Deutschland

    W. Stille

  2. Med. Forschung, Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Sandhofer Straße 116, 6800, Mannheim 31, Deutschland

    R. Timmler

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Eykyn, S. (1977). Pyogenic Liver Abscess. In: Stille, W., Timmler, R. (eds) Internationale Arbeitstagung Gallenweg-Infektionen. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72332-2_14

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