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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6202-6204, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6202-6204.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Thyroid Abscess Due to a Mixed Anaerobic Infection with Fusobacterium mortiferum

Nikolaos P. Stavreas,1 Constantina D. Amanatidou,1 Emmanuel G. Hatzimanolis,2 Ioannis Legakis,3 George Naoum,1 Elli Lakka-Papadodima,3 George Georgoulias,4 Panagiota Morfou,4 and Sotirios Tsiodras5*

Second Department of Internal Medicine,1 Department of Otolaryngology,2 Department of Endocrinology,3 Department of Microbiology, "Henry Dunant" Hospital, Athens, Greece,4 Fourth Academic Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece5

Received 3 March 2005/ Returned for modification 29 April 2005/ Accepted 27 September 2005

A rare case of a thyroid abscess due to mixed anaerobic flora containing Fusobacterium mortiferum in an immunocompetent patient is described. The patient was successfully treated with immediate surgical intervention and appropriate antimicrobial agents.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, 24 Agias Barbaras Street, 14451 Athens, Greece. Phone: 30 210 2824581. Fax: 30 210 5326426. E-mail: tsiodras{at}med.uoa.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2005, p. 6202-6204, Vol. 43, No. 12
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.12.6202-6204.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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