High prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in patients with pyogenic liver abscess following liver cancer loco-regional treatments

Francesca Colapietro^{1

2}, Chiara Masetti², Roberto Ceriani², Paola Morelli^{1

3}, Dario Poretti⁴, Vittorio Pedicini⁴, Nicola Pugliese^{1

2}, Antonio Voza⁵, Ana Lleo^{1

2}, Alessio Aghemo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
² Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Health Direction, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Interventional Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Department, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

Francesca Colapietro et al. Liver Int. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;41(8):1909-1912.

doi: 10.1111/liv.14933. Epub 2021 May 24.

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
² Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Health Direction, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Interventional Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Emergency Department, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: MDR; liver abscess; loco-regional percutaneous treatment.

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