Brucellosis: atypical presentation with peritonitis and meningitis.
A case of brucellosis associated with peritonitis, intestinal obstruction, granulomatous hepatitis, inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion and meningitis is reported. Initially, the patient was diagnosed as a case of disseminated tuberculosis and treated accordingly. However, the serologic tests for brucellosis were strongly positive and the patient was subsequently treated as a case of brucellosis and recovered fully. The gastrointestinal manifestations of brucellosis are reviewed.
Department of Medicine, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait.
S M
SM
Diab
G F
GF
Araj
A J
AJ
al-Asfour
A R
AR
al-Yusuf
D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D007730:Kuwait; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed