Liver abscess

Liver abscesses can be caused by a histolytic amoeba or bacterial infection. The incidence of amoebic liver abscess is closely related to amoeba colitis, and most of the abscesses are single; the bacterial invasion pathway of bacterial liver abscess can be caused by the direct spread of intra-abdominal infection, in addition to sepsis, and can also be caused by the umbilicus Infection enters the liver through the umbilical vessels and portal veins, and biliary tapeworms can also be the cause of bacterial liver abscesses. Common bacteria are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus.

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