Incidence, Risk Factors, and Subsequent Health Outcomes of Pyogenic Liver Abscesses: A Scoping Review of Evidence From Population-Based Studies.

ABSTRACT: Background: Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a critical infectious disease with varying incidence across global regions. There is a growing body of large-scale, population-based studies that offer a comprehensive understanding of the disease. Objective: To allow clinicians to gain a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of PLA, this review of the published literature was conducted to summarize the incidence of PLA and identify comprehensive risk factors and subsequent health outcomes. Methods: To obtain more reliable and convincing data, we searched through the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), using the following search terms: pyogenic liver abscess and population-based study. The initial sear

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12483727 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature