Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman

Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman

Campylobacter species are mostly associated with intestinal infections. Campylobacter fetus, however, can cause bacteremia and extra-intestinal infections especially in immunosuppressed patients. To the best of our knowledge, we present the second case of C. fetus causing thyroiditis and thyroid abs...

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Main Authors: Nancy K. El Beayni, George F. Araj, Sarah Beydoun, Maria Kozah, Zuhayr Tabbarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919303208
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spelling doaj-b0c62cf21cdb4f0bb2d39e3d243eab3d2021-07-02T16:44:06ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0119Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent womanNancy K. El Beayni0George F. Araj1Sarah Beydoun2Maria Kozah3Zuhayr Tabbarah4Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; Corresponding author at: American University of Beirut Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine- Infectious Diseasesl, Lebanon.Campylobacter species are mostly associated with intestinal infections. Campylobacter fetus, however, can cause bacteremia and extra-intestinal infections especially in immunosuppressed patients. To the best of our knowledge, we present the second case of C. fetus causing thyroiditis and thyroid abscess in an immunocompetent young woman. Keywords: Campylobacterfetus, Thyroiditis, Unusual infectionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919303208
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Sarah Beydoun
Maria Kozah
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Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman
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title Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman
title_short Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman
title_full Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman
title_fullStr Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman
title_full_unstemmed Campylobacter fetus thyroid gland abscess in a young immunocompetent woman
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publishDate 2020-01-01
description Campylobacter species are mostly associated with intestinal infections. Campylobacter fetus, however, can cause bacteremia and extra-intestinal infections especially in immunosuppressed patients. To the best of our knowledge, we present the second case of C. fetus causing thyroiditis and thyroid abscess in an immunocompetent young woman. Keywords: Campylobacterfetus, Thyroiditis, Unusual infection
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