Salmonellosis initially seen as a thyroid abscess.
A case of Salmonella typhimurium thyroid abscess in a 79-year-old man is reported. The patient was seen with fever and neck tenderness 2 weeks after a brief episode of diarrhea. Surgical excision combined with 2 weeks of ceftriaxone, 1 g every 12 hours, resulted in complete recovery. This is only the fourth known case of Salmonella thyroid abscess, 3 of which have been caused by S. typhimurium. This organism is rarely found in other focal Salmonella infections and may therefore have a specific affinity for thyroid tissue.
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Department of Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
D002443:Ceftriaxone