Brucellosis: an unusual cause of fever in Kentucky.
Human infection with brucellosis appears to be very uncommon in Kentucky. Only three cases have been reported to the Kentucky Department of Health, Frankfort, in the last 4 years. It is suspected, however, that brucellosis is severely underdiagnosed and under-reported in the United States. A patient recently diagnosed with acute systemic brucellosis reminds us that this illness may still be seen in the Commonwealth.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged