title: [Gas-forming liver abscess in diabetic patient].
abstract: Pyogenic liver abscess is still considered a medical challenge due to the seriousness of the clinical course, late diagnosis, and usually high mortality. Gas-forming liver abscess is not uncommon, the incidence among all pyogenic liver abscess is around 7 to 24 %, mostly in individuals in their sixth and seventh decades ,and with diabetes mellitus disease. The epidemiology of gas-forming liver abscess has been changing with a shift from young to older diabetic adults. A clinical case of a 71 year old diabetic female with gas-forming liver abscess is presented; we describe the clinical course and treatment is analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de medicina interna, Hospital Regional 1, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Durango, Durango, Mexico. dr_jblas@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blas-Macedo
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Márquez-Ramírez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046290:Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed