TY - JOUR T1 - Meticillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> hepatic abscess treated with tigecycline JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 967 LP - 968 DO - 10.1136/jcp.2008.056689 VL - 61 IS - 8 AU - N Khanna AU - T Inkster Y1 - 2008/08/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/8/967.abstract N2 - Pyogenic liver abscesses are uncommon in clinical practice and are usually polymicrobial in nature, with members of the Enterobacteriacae family often implicated. This report describes the use of tigecycline to treat a liver abscess caused by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which was refractory to therapy with standard antimicrobials. ER -