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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | |||
==Incidence and Prevalence== | |||
*Pyogenic liver abscess accounts for 48% of all visceral abscesses and 13% of intraabdominal 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 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> | |||
===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> | |||
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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
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence and Prevalence
- Pyogenic liver abscess accounts for 48% of all visceral abscesses and 13% of intraabdominal abscesses.[1]
- The annual incidence is 2.3 cases per 100,000.[2]
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]
References
- ↑ Altemeier WA, Culbertson WR, Fullen WD, Shook CD (1973). "Intra-abdominal abscesses". Am J Surg. 125 (1): 70–9. PMID 4566907.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.