Recurrent acute suppurative thyroiditis
K. Abe, T. Taguchi, A. Okuno, N. Matsuura, K. Takebayashi and H. Sasaki
Two patients had two recurrent episodes each of acute suppurative
thyroiditis. Circulating concentrations of plasma thyrotrophin, thyroxine,
and triiodothyronine were within the range of normal. Antibodies to thyroid
microsome or thyroglobulin were not found. Anaerobic bacteria such as
Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus, and Peptococcus were identified as
causative agents, indicating that anaerobic organisms may play an important
role in the pathologic process. The present cases are the third and fourth
reported cases of recurrent acute suppurative thyroiditis in the
literature.
