Algorithm for the management of pts with intraabdominal abscesses by percutaneous drainage. Antimicrobial therapy should be administered concomitantly. (Reprinted with permission from Lorber B [ed]: Atlas of Infectious Diseases, vol VII: Intraabdominal Infections, Hepatitis, and Gastroenteritis. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 1996, p 1.30, as adapted from Rotstein OD, Simmons RL, in Gorbach SL et al [eds]: Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia, Saunders, 1992, p 668.)