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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]

Classification

• Pyogenic liver abscess may be classified according to international classification of diseases-10 (ICD-10) into:

• K75.0

• Based on causative organisms, pyogenic liver abscess is classified into:

Pyogenic liver abscess

Bacteria

Gram-positive aerobes

Gram-negative enterics

Anaerobic organisms

Acid fast bacilli

Streptococcus sp Staphylococcus aureus / Staphylococcus epidermidis Actinomyces sp Enterococcus sp Streptococcus milleri

Escherichia coli Salmonella typhi Yersinia enterocolitica K.pneumonia Pseudomonas sp Proteus sp Eikenella corrodens Others

Bacteroids sp Fusobacterium Anaerobic/ Microaerophilic streptococci Other anaerobes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis