https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/561200
Title: | Pyogenic liver abscess as endemic disease, Taiwan | Authors: | FENG-CHIAO TSAI YU-TSUNG HUANG LUAN-YIN CHANG JIN-TOWN WANG |
Issue Date: | 2008 | Journal Volume: | 14 | Journal Issue: | 10 | Start page/Pages: | 1592-1600 | Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Abstract: | Pyogenic liver abscess has become a health problem in Taiwanese society. However, the extent of this problem has remained unclear because of the lack of a population-based study. We therefore performed a nationwide analysis of pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan from 1996 through 2004. We analyzed 29,703 cases from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database and 506 cases from National Taiwan University Hospital. Our analysis showed that the annual incidence of pyogenic liver abscess increased steadily from 11.15/100,000 population in 1996 to 17.59/100,000 in 2004. Diabetes, malignancy, renal disease, and pneumonia were associated with a higher risk for the disease. By contrast, death due to pyogenic liver abscess decreased over time, although population-based abscess-related death increased slightly. Renal disease, malignancy, pneumonia, and heart disease correlated with higher death rates; Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and therapeutic procedures were related to lower death rates. Diabetes did not significantly change death rates for the 506 patients from the hospital. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/561200 | ISSN: | 1080-6040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid1410.071254 | SDG/Keyword: | adolescent; adult; aged; article; child; data base; diabetes mellitus; endemic disease; female; heart disease; human; incidence; infant; kidney disease; Klebsiella pneumoniae; male; mortality; neoplasm; newborn; pneumonia; pyogenic liver abscess; risk factor; Taiwan; university hospital; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Diabetes Complications; Female; Humans; Infant; Kidney Diseases; Klebsiella Infections; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver Abscess, Pyogenic; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Pneumonia; Risk Factors; Taiwan |
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