A pain in the neck: Salmonella spp. as an unusual cause of a thyroid abscess. A case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Thyroid 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 f...

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Autores principales: AlYousef, Maha K., Al-Sayed, Ahmed A., Al Afif, Ayham, Alamoudi, Uthman, LeBlanc, Jaclyn M., LeBlanc, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32571225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05161-w

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