Author(s)

Mahsa Alinaghian^1*, Majid Avijgan²

¹Department of Infectious Diseases, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
²Departments of Traditional Persian Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

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.

Brucellosis, Thyroiditis, Corticosteroid Therapy

Alinaghian, M. and Avijgan, M. (2016) Brucellosis Presented as Thyroiditis: A Rare Case Report. Advances in Infectious Diseases, 6, 157-162. doi: 10.4236/aid.2016.64019.