A case of acute suppurative thyroiditis complicated by thyrotoxicosis

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 997-1000

  Sicilia, V ^a   Mezitis, S ^a,b  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute thyroiditis; Multinodular goiter; Suppurative thyroiditis; Thyrotoxicosis; Urosepsis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PROPRANOLOL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE; ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; SEPSIS;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEPSIS; THYROIDITIS, SUPPURATIVE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 33846986008     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03349213     Document Type: Article

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