Positive string test in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

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A 38-year-old diabetic woman presented with fever and jaundice for 4 days. On arrival, she was alert and hemodynamically stable. Physical examination revealed hepatomegaly. An abdominal computed tomography showed a large multiloculated abscess in the right liver lobe without biliary system dilatation (Fig. 1a). There was no evidence of pneumonia, endophthalmitis or central nervous system involvement. Klebsiella...

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