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TITLE:
Brucellosis Presented as Thyroiditis: A Rare Case Report
AUTHORS:
Mahsa Alinaghian, Majid Avijgan
KEYWORDS:
Brucellosis, Thyroiditis, Corticosteroid Therapy
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Vol.6 No.4,
December
5,
2016
ABSTRACT: Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic disease around the world such as Iraq, Turkey, and Iran. Brucella is brought into attention by affecting various organs thorough complications, but thyroiditis is a rare one. Here, we present a case of Brucellosis with neck discomfort and odynophagia who developed thyroiditis and was treated by antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy. This case report aims to draw clinicians’ attention to thyroiditis as a rare complication of brucellosis.