There are more than 60 different species of opossum, which are often called possums. The most notable is the Virginia opossum or common opossumâthe only marsupial (pouched mammal) found in the United States and Canada. A female opossum gives birth to helpless young as tiny as honeybees.
Disseminated cryptococcosis, particularly with peritonitis, is an uncommon manifestation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection. Liver cirrhosis serves as a risk factor for disseminated disease in HIV-negative patients.
In developed countries, bacterial abscesses are most common, usually in the setting of co-morbidity such as: 1  infection elsewhere (most common) abdominal sepsis most common 1. 2  immunocompromised diabetes mellitus found in up to 15% of patients with hepatic abscess 1. 3  IVDU. trauma. 4  ERCP 3. cryptogenic: 15 % 1.