title: Recurrent enterocolitis-like symptoms as the possible presenting manifestations of neonatal Brucella melitensis infection.
abstract: A premature infant had three episodes of enterocolitis-like symptoms during the first three months of life. Brucella melitensis was isolated in a prolonged blood culture on day 85. The clinical manifestations disappeared under treatment and did not recur. A maternofetal transmission is suggested in this case. The importance of prolonged blood cultures when brucellosis is epidemiologically suspected is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Paediatrics, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labrune
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jabir
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Magny
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guibert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Damay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odievre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002002:Brucella; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents