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Absceso hepático piógeno
Definición:
Es un área llena de pus dentro del hÃgado.
Nombres alternativos:
Absceso hepático bacteriano; Absceso hepático
Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:
Existen muchas causas potenciales de abscesos hepáticos. Se pueden desarrollar por infecciones abdominales tales como apendicitis , diverticulitis o un intestino perforado. Otras causas pueden ser una infección en la sangre o en el tracto biliar (secreción del hÃgado), o trauma que causa daño al hÃgado.
Las bacterias más comunes que causan abscesos en el hÃgado son: Escherichia coli , Klebsiella , enterococos, estafilococos, estreptococos y Bacteroides.
- Fecha de revisión: 7/28/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Charlotte Grayson, MD, Private Practice specializing in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Smyrna, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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