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Despite a targeted antibiotic therapy against an extended spectrum betalactamase-negative Escherichia coli, the patient did not improve. Further examinations revealed a possible polymicrobial aetiology, including Candida spp. and E. coli resistant to piperacillin\/tazobactam but sensitive to third-generation cephalosporins. To date, a paucity of articles regarding pyelo-hepatic abscess exist, consisting mostly of case reports. Urinary stones and a ureteral stent indwelling time exceeding 90 days are known risk factors for upper UTIs and for bacterial dissemination in contiguous organs. Pyelo-hepatic abscesses usually involve Gram-negative bacilli, but they can be polymicrobial, including fungi. 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