Another gem from IDWeek 2022
Increased incidence of colorectal cancer in Veteran Health Administration hospital patients with pyogenic liver abscess
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The rationale and the lit review
Methodology:
Demographics
The risk was higher for CRC in patients with PLA, esp. in the first two years after the liver abscess
However, patients with PLA were more likely to get a colonoscopy, likely accounting for the "heightened" risk for CRC
The organisms that caused the PLA in this cohort:
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