TY - JOUR
T1 - Suppurative Acinetobacter baumanii thyroiditis with bacteremic pneumonia
T2 - Case report and review
AU - Yu, Eugene Hsin
AU - Ko, Wen Chien
AU - Chuang, Yin Ching
AU - Wu, Ta Jen
PY - 1998/11
Y1 - 1998/11
N2 - Suppurative thyroiditis is rare, and the major pathogens are Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species. We present a case caused by Acinetobacter baumanii, which has never before been reported. We review another 191 cases from the English-language literature (1980 to April 1997) and make a comparison with a review of 224 cases (1900-1980). As the numbers of immunocompromised patients increase, cases of suppurative thyroiditis are increasing. Pneumocystis carinii has become an important pathogen. Most patients (83.1%) with bacterial infections were euthyroid, whereas those with fungal or mycobacterial infections tended to be hypothyroid (62.5%) and hyperthyroid (50%), respectively.
AB - Suppurative thyroiditis is rare, and the major pathogens are Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species. We present a case caused by Acinetobacter baumanii, which has never before been reported. We review another 191 cases from the English-language literature (1980 to April 1997) and make a comparison with a review of 224 cases (1900-1980). As the numbers of immunocompromised patients increase, cases of suppurative thyroiditis are increasing. Pneumocystis carinii has become an important pathogen. Most patients (83.1%) with bacterial infections were euthyroid, whereas those with fungal or mycobacterial infections tended to be hypothyroid (62.5%) and hyperthyroid (50%), respectively.
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U2 - 10.1086/514998
DO - 10.1086/514998
M3 - Article
C2 - 9827283
AN - SCOPUS:2442763934
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 27
SP - 1286
EP - 1290
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 5
ER -