Thyroid gland plays a critical role in regulating the body immune system, and hence, when it is depressed or
compromised, the body becomes increasingly vulnerable to the assault of the pathogens, as is seen in Malasseziadermatitis (Mayr, 2007) and recurrent bacterial infections of the skin such as folliculitis, pyoderma and furunculosis
(Bansal et al., 2007).