Predictors of therapy failure in a series of 741 adult pyogenic liver abscesses

Abstract

There is an increasing PLA incidence with increasing ESBL resistance. Percutaneous drainage should be considered early for elderly patients (≥55-years-old), with multiple abscesses, malignancy as etiology or who required endoscopic intervention. We should have a low threshold for surgical intervention for patients with ECOG performance status ≥2, co-morbidity of hypertension or hyperbilirubinaemia.