ReviewBMC infectious diseases2020
A pain in the neck: Salmonella spp. as an unusual cause of a thyroid abscess. A case report and review of the literature.
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- Brucellosis Complicated by Thyroid Abscess and Life-Threatening Hemophagocytic Syndrome: A Case Report.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- From Gut to Goiter: How Salmonella Gastroenteritis Causes Thyroid Abscess.Case reports in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Needle Aspiration and Antibiotic Injection for Subperiosteal Orbital Abscess: A Case Study and 3-Year Follow-Up.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- Bridging Classical Methodologies inMicroorganisms · 2024Review
- Thyroid abscess associated with thyrotoxicosis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica in a patient with follicular adenoma of the thyroid gland.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- A Rare Case of Neck Swelling: Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis With End-Stage Renal Disease.Cureus · 2022Article
- Clinical Analysis of Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis in 18 Children.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Characterization of a Broad-Host-Range Lytic Phage SHWT1 Against Multidrug-ResistantFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThyroid gland infections are rare. Their incidence is estimated to be less than 1% in immunocompromised hosts. Most common pathogens isolated are Gram positive aerobic cocci. Infections with Gram negative facultative aerobes such as Salmonella are rare. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old female with type II diabetes mellitus and a history of a colloid right thyroid lobe nodule presented with neck pain and fever. She was found to have a thyroid abscess 2 weeks following a non-specific diarrheal illness. A needle aspiration for symptomatic and diagnostic purposes was performed. Cultures grew Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg. She was treated with a 12-week course of oral antibiotics and serial aspiration.
conclusionA thyroid abscess is a rare occurrence; however, a high index of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis. The management is directed at minimizing morbidity. The mainstay treatment is medical, but surgery is sometimes necessary to achieve adequate source control, particularly when complications arise.
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