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MeSH Heading: Liver Abscess
Tree Number(s): C01.830.025.020.455; C06.552.597
Unique ID: D008100
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008100
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific organism infection term (IM); LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC and LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC are also available
Scope Note: Solitary or multiple collections of PUS within the liver as a result of infection by bacteria, protozoa, or other agents.
Entry Term(s): Abscess, Hepatic
NLM Classification #: WI 730
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Liver Abscess MeSH Descriptor Data 2025