Vermiglio F, Stassi G, Finocchiaro M D, Trimarchi F
Cattedra di Endocrinologia e Istituto di Microbiologia, University of Messina, Italy.
J Endocrinol Invest. 1995 Apr;18(4):308-10. doi: 10.1007/BF03347819.
A case of thyroiditis due to Brucella Melitensis is reported. Brucellosis anticipated by about two months the onset of the characteristic symptoms of acute thyroiditis. Cultures of specimens obtained by fine needle aspiration biopsy and microbiological investigations allowed isolation and identification of the germ. This observation allowed the recognition that thyroid gland might harbored secondary localization of a prolonged brucellosis. A microbiological study (the protocol of which is proposed) of specimen obtained by fine needle aspiration biopsy should be performed in the presence of symptoms and signs of an inflammatory process associated to an acute swelling of the thyroid gland.
报告了一例由羊布鲁氏菌引起的甲状腺炎病例。布鲁氏菌病比急性甲状腺炎特征性症状的发作提前约两个月出现。通过细针穿刺活检获得的标本培养及微生物学调查使得该病菌得以分离和鉴定。这一观察结果使人们认识到甲状腺可能是长期布鲁氏菌病的继发性定位部位。对于存在与甲状腺急性肿大相关的炎症过程的症状和体征时，应进行细针穿刺活检获得的标本的微生物学研究（本文提出了其方案）。
