Contribution of anaerobic microorganisms to the genesis of thyroiditis and thyroid cysts

Abstract

Until now, with diseases of the thyroid gland, bacterial infections have not been given much importance. The role of bacterial infection is firmly proven only in acute and subacute thyroiditis. However, in the literature available to us, we did not find a description of cases of subacute thyroiditis caused by anaerobic microorganisms. Only in some cases of acute thyroiditis, non-spore-forming anaerobes were isolated. The presence of a chronic inflammatory process in many patients with thyroid pathology (13-15%) in the absence of immune disorders from other organs and systems, common lymphatic circulation for the oral cavity and thyroid gland, frequent microabsorption in patients with subacute thyroiditis and the presence of segmented white blood cells in some patients with thyroiditis and thyroid cysts led us to the idea of conducting a microbiological study of aspirated material.