[Liver abscess after elective cholecystectomy]

The authors submit the case-history of a 39-year-old patient with elective cholecystectomy where the immediate postoperative course was complicated by a liver abscess. The authors discuss aetiological factors, diagnosis and treatment of liver abscesses. In the conclusion they submit a proposal of ATB prophylaxis in severe inflammations of the gallbladder and biliary pathways. In the department of the authors ATB prophylaxis is not used before elective cholecystectomy.