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Metastatic endophthalmitis and thyroid abscess complicating Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

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CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 88-91

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KOREAN ASSOC STUDY LIVER
DOI: 10.3350/cmh.2016.0066

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Endophthalmitis; Thyroid abscess; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Liver abscess

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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-yearold 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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