Pyogenic thyroiditis and HIV infection.

Autor: Orkar KS; Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria., Dakum NK, Kidmas AT, Awani KU
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: West African journal of medicine [West Afr J Med] 2001 Apr-Jun; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 173-5.
Abstrakt: Infective thyroiditis remain rare disease entity. Six patients were seen in Jos, Nigeria in the last five years. All of them were HIV positive. The presentation and management of these patients are high-lighted. The clinical features and bacteriology were similar to those previously documented for infective thyroiditis.
Databáze: MEDLINE