Pyogenic liver abscesses associated with nonmetastatic colorectal cancers: An increasing problem in Eastern Asia

Table 3 Treatment for liver abscess complicated with colorectal carcinoma

Sex	Age, yr	Count of abscess	Anti-infection treatment	Surgical treatment	Ref.
Female	46	Mutiple1	Cephalosporin	Sigmoidectomy	[4]
Female	79	Single	Carbapenem	PTAD + low anterior rectal resection	[5]
Male	66	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD + low anterior rectal resection	[6]
Male	73	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD + sigmoidectomy	[7]
Male	65	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD	[7]
Male	67	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD	[7]
Male	81	Mutiple	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	Laparoscopic-assisted sigmoidectomy	[8]
Male	67	Mutiple2	Cephalosporin	PTAD + polypectomy under colonscopy	[11]
Male	67	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD + polypectomy under colonscopy	[12]
Female	84	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	None7	[12]
Female	82	Mutiple3	Cephalosporin	PTAD + sigmoidectomy	[13]
Female	57	Single	Cephalosporin + carbapenem + moxifloxacin + gentamicin	PTAD + sigmoidectomy + chemotherapy	[14]
Female	68	Single	Cephalosporin	PTAD + low anterior rectal resection	[16]
Male	67	Single	Cephalosporin	Polypectomy under colonscopy	[16]
Male	77	Single4	Cephalosporin + ciprofloxacin + gentamicin	PTAD7	[16]
Female	66	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD + sigmoidectomy	[18]
Male	64	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	PTAD + right hemi-colectomy + partial hepatectomy	[19]
Male	60	Mutiple	Piperacillin + aminoglycoside	Right hemi-colectomy	[20]
Female	50	Single	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	Right hemi-colectomy + partial hepatectomy + chemotherapy	[21]
Male	68	Three	Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid	PTAD + sigmoidectomy	[22]
Male	72	Single	Cephalosporin + metronidazole + gentamicin	PTAD + right hemi-colectomy	[23]
Male	64	Two	Cephalosporin + metronidazole	Sigmoidectomy and radiotherapy	[24]
Female	82	Single	Cephalosporin +metronidazole	PTAD	[26]
Male	52	Mutiple5	Broad spectrum antibiotic6	Sigmoidectomy + chemotherapy + gemcitabine	[32]
Male	55	Single	Ampicillin + sulbactam + gentamicin	PTAD + sigmoidectomy	[34]

¹Patient had endophthalmitis with brain, lung abscesses complicated with liver abscesses;

²Patient developed S. bovis bacteremia with complications of endocarditis, osteomyelitis and silent splenic abscess after four episodes of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess within 3 years;

³Patient experienced three episodes of liver abscess within 1 year;

⁴Complicated with pulmonary infections;

⁵Patient experienced two episodes of liver abscess within 3 mo;

⁶Details were not recorded;

⁷Patients refused to have further treatments. PTAD: Percutaneous transhepatic abscess drainage.