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ArticleIDCases2021

Acute suppurative thyroiditis seeded from infective endocarditis and intravenous drug use.

Brian Cheung, Chris Levy, Michelle Cheung, Amirtharaj Dhanaraja, Renny Abraham, Chitharanjan Duvoor

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Article in IDCases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Brian CheungWestern Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, United States.
Chris LevyWestern Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, United States.
Michelle CheungCalifornia State University - Fullerton, 800 North State College Boulevard, Fullerton, CA, 92831, United States.
Amirtharaj DhanarajaSaint Bernards Healthcare, 300 Carson Street, Jonesboro, AR, 72401, United States.
Renny AbrahamSaint Bernards Healthcare, 300 Carson Street, Jonesboro, AR, 72401, United States.
Chitharanjan DuvoorSaint Bernards Healthcare, 300 Carson Street, Jonesboro, AR, 72401, United States.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) is a rare infection of the thyroid gland, and most patients are euthyroid upon presentation. We present an interesting case of a 42-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use (IVDU) and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus who was admitted for sepsis and thyrotoxicosis from infective endocarditis (IE), AST, prostate abscess, and pyelonephritis. He suffered from a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) from septic embolic showering. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) was <0.10 mIU/L, and free thyroxine (T4) levels were>90 pmol/L. Methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

Acute suppurative thyroiditisInfective endocarditisProstatic abscessThyroiditisThyrotoxicosis

Identifiers

PMID34295645
PMCPMC8282969

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