Numerous liver abscesses after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for decompensated liver cirrhosis: A case report

Attention should be paid to decreased blood cell counts, especially low leukocyte levels in patients with liver cirrhosis as the presence of intestinal microbiota dysregulation and portal pyemia can result in liver abscess and sepsis during invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures like TIPS. The addition of probiotics might reduce the risk in such patients.