Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Clin Mol Hepatol. 2018 Mar;24(1):88-91. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2016.0066. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
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 as an increasingly common causative agent of liver abscess.
甲状腺因其解剖和生理特点而不易受到感染。我们报告了一例罕见的病例,一名无糖尿病或其他疾病的 55 岁健康女性患者发生侵袭性肝脓肿伴转移性甲状腺脓肿和内源性眼内炎。该报告提出了一个重要问题,即作为肝脓肿日益常见的病原体,其毒力如何。