Kim SJ, Chu ST, Lee KS, Nam SW, Choi JK, Chung JW, Kwon HC. Metastatic endophthalmitis and thyroid abscess complicating
Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess.
Clin Mol Hepatol 2017;
24:88-91. [PMID:
28656747 PMCID:
PMC5875196 DOI:
10.3350/cmh.2016.0066]
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Abstract
The thyroid is resistant to infection due to its anatomical and physiological characteristics. We present a rare case of invasive liver abscess with metastatic thyroid abscess and endogenous endophthalmitis in a previously healthy 55-year-old female patient without diabetes or other medical illness. This report raises an important question of the virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae as an increasingly common causative agent of liver abscess.
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