Liver Abscess, Pyogenic

**Definition:** Single or multiple areas of PUS due to bacterial infection within the hepatic parenchyma. It can be caused by a variety of BACTERIA, local or disseminated from infections elsewhere such as in APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; PERITONITIS; and after LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.

**Tree numbers:** - C01.830.025.020.455.730 - C06.552.597.758

**Synonyms:** - Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess - Pyogenic Liver Abscess