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Table 1 List of published cases of AST due to Salmonella spp.

From: A pain in the neck: Salmonella spp. as an unusual cause of a thyroid abscess. A case report and review of the literature

Case Number

Publication

Number of Cases

Age& Gender

Predisposing

Comorbidities

Thyroid abnormalities

Salmonella Species

Intervention

Medical

Surgical

1

Svenungsson & Lindberg [17]

1

72 M

Steroid use

N/A

Salmonella enteriditis

TMP-SMX (duration not specified)

None

2

Walter and MacMonagle [18]

1

49F

None

MNG

Salmonella choleraesuis

Amoxicillin (duration not specified)

Thyroid lobectomy

3

Fule and Saoji [19]

1

N/A

N/A

N/A

Salmonella paratyphi A

N/A

N/A

4

Nmadu [20]

2

N/A

N/A

N/A

Salmonella typhi

N/A

N/A

5

Gudipati and Westblom [21]

1

79 M

N/A

N/A

Salmonella typhimurium

Ceftriaxone × 2 weeks

I&D

6

Igler, et al. [22]

1

70F

DM

MNG

Salmonella enteritidis

TMP-SMX ×  4 weeks

I&D

7

Chiovato, et al. [23]

1

40F

None

MNG

Salmonella Brandenburg

Ceftriaxone × 10 days

Aspiration, I&D, and thyroid lobectomy

8

Lalitha and John [24]

2

N/A

N/A

None

Salmonella paratyphi A, Salmonella cholerasius

None

None

9

Lecuit, et al. [25]

1

48 M

HIV infection

None

Salmonella enteriditis

Amoxicillin × 12 days

I&D

10

Susković and Z Vucicević [26]

1

47F

DM

None

Salmonella enteritidis

Antibiotics (not specified)

I&D

11

Lala, et al. [27]

1

66 M

None

Thyroid nodule

Salmonella group D

Ciprofloxacin (duration not specified)

Subtotal thyroidectomy

12

Jasmi, et al. [14]

1

62F

None

MNG

Salmonella typhi

Amoxicillin-clavulinic acid × 3 days

Aspiration

13

Duraker, et al. [7]

1

52 M

DM

None

Salmonella typhi

Netilmicin + Clindamycin (duration not specified)

I&D

Ofloxacin × 10 days

14

Su and Huang [16]

1

79F

DM

MNG

Salmonella typhimurium

Ampicillin (duration not specified)

Thyroid lobectomy

Ceftriaxone × 17 days

Ciprofloxacin (duration not specified)

15

Dai, et al. [28]

1

82 M

CLL

MNG

Salmonella group B

Ceftriaxone (duration not specified)

I&D

16

Sriburee [29]

1

55F

None

MNG

Salmonella group C

TMP-SMX × 2 weeks

Aspiration and I&D

Cefazolin and metronidazole (duration not specified)

17

Chen, et al. [30]

1

60F

Invasive thymoma

MNG

Salmonella group D1

Ceftriaxone × 2 weeks

Thyroid lobectomy

Oral antibiotics (duration not specified)

18

Chou and Hsieh [31]

1

31F

None

MNG

Salmonella choleraesuis

Ampicillin/sulbactam

I&D

Clindamycin and ceftriaxone (duration not specified)

19

Krudop, et al. [32]

1

53F

None

MNG

Salmonella group C

Antibiotics (duration not specified)

I&D and thyroid lobectomy

20

Wu, et al. [1]

1

74 M

Renal transplant on immunosuppressive therapy

None

Salmonella enteriditis

Cefepime × 4 days,

Thyroid lobectomy

Ceftriaxone × 28 days

Lifelong antibiotics

21

Ambroziak, et al. [15]

1

82 M

DM, and steroid use

None

Salmonella enteritidis

Ceftriaxone × 2 weeks

Thyroid lobectomy

Ampicillin × 3 weeks

22

Kiss, et al. [2]

1

48F

HIV infection

N/A

Salmonella spp.

Ceftriaxone × 2 weeks

I&D

23

Kazi, et al. [33]

1

52 M

HIV infection

None

Salmonella spp.

Lifelong TMP-SMX

Thyroid lobectomy

24

Kuzu, et al. [9]

1

50F

DM

N/A

Salmonella enteritidis

Metronidazole and ceftriaxone × 5 days

I&D

Ciprofloxacin × 4 weeks

25

Murali & Bhandary [5]

1

26F

None

MNG

Salmonella Typhi

Antibiotics × 1 week (duration not specified)

Thyroid lobectomy

26

Hernik, et al. [8]

1

61F

DM

None

Salmonella enterica

Clindamycin, ceftazidime × 1 week

I&D

TMP-SMX ×  1 week

27

Vengathajalam, et al. [10]

1

58F

DM

MNG

Salmonella spp.

Antibiotics (not specified)

Aspiration

28

Quintana, et al. [34]

1

N/A

None

N/A

Salmonella enteriditis

Antibiotics (not specified)

None

  1. F Female, M Male
  2. N/A Not available or not mentioned in the article, MNG Multinodular goiter, DM Diabetes mellitus, HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, I&D Incision and drainage, TMP-SMX Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole