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Liver Abscess, Pyogenic MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic
Tree Number(s)
C01.830.025.020.455.730
C06.552.597.758
Unique ID
D046290
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D046290
Annotation
coordinate IM with specific organism infection term (IM)
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess
Pyogenic Liver Abscess
Previous Indexing
Liver Abscess (1966-2004)
Public MeSH Note
2005
History Note
2005
Date Introduced
2005/01/01
Last Updated
2019/06/17
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic Preferred
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