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  • Title: Bacterial liver abscesses in Nigeria.
    Author: Mabogunje OA, Lawrie JH.
    Journal: Trop Geogr Med; 1984 Jun; 36(2):159-63. PubMed ID: 6382725.
    Abstract:
    There has been no previous report on bacterial liver abscess (BLA) from West Africa. During the period 1972-1979, 13 patients were treated for BLA in Zaria, Nigeria. S. aureus was the most frequent pathogen but an anaerobic streptococcus was identified in one instance. The case fatality rate was 54%, similar to those reported in the literature. Since diagnosis was made without the benefit of the newer liver-imaging technologies it seems probable that BLA is underdiagnosed and therefore untreated in some patients.
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