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has been cited by the following article:

• 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.