High prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in patients with pyogenic liver abscess following liver cancer loco-regional treatments
Francesca Colapietro
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorChiara Masetti
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRoberto Ceriani
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPaola Morelli
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Health Direction, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDario Poretti
Unit of Interventional Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorVittorio Pedicini
Unit of Interventional Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorNicola Pugliese
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAntonio Voza
Emergency Department, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAna Lleo
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Alessio Aghemo
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Alessio Aghemo, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorFrancesca Colapietro
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorChiara Masetti
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorRoberto Ceriani
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPaola Morelli
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Health Direction, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorDario Poretti
Unit of Interventional Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorVittorio Pedicini
Unit of Interventional Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorNicola Pugliese
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAntonio Voza
Emergency Department, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorAna Lleo
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Alessio Aghemo
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Correspondence
Alessio Aghemo, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
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The authors did not receive any financial support in order to complete this study or write the manuscript.
Conflict of interests
All the authors have given substantial contribution to the completion of this work and have seen and approved the text in the current version. None reported a conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.
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