Community Acquired Pyogenic Liver Abscess Caused by A Nosocomial Organism: A Case Report

Abstract

Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a potentially life-threatening disease affecting patients in many parts of the world, especially Asia and the other third world countries, Nigeria inclusive. Knowing the aetiology of PLA, where possible, plays a significant role in the successful treatment of the patients. Recently, the prevalence of Klebsiella pneumonia induced PLA (KP-PLA) has become an emerging public health challenge all over the world, however, other rare organisms are also implicated as shown in our case report. Acinetobacter baumannii is a multi-drug resistant nosocomial organism that may also be responsible for some cases of community acquired infections as seen in this index case.