Microbiology of Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis
| Usual Organisms Aerobic: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli (111) |
| Anaerobic: Clostridium septicum (82), gram-negative bacilli, Peptostreptococcus spp. |
| Rare Organisms |
| Bacterial: Atypical mycobacteria, Clostridium perfringens (81), Eikenella corrodens, Enterobacteriaceae, Haemophilus influenza, Klebsiella spp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Porphyromonas (55), Salmonella spp., Streptococcus viridans, Treponema pallidum, Brucella. (112), Lactococcus (113), Citrobacter freundii (114), Nocardia |
| Fungal: Aspergillus spp., Blastomyces, Candida spp., Coccidioides immitis, Pneumocystis jiroveci |
| Parasitic: Trypanosoma (21), Echinococcus spp., |
From: Acute and Subacute, and Riedel’s Thyroiditis
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