title: Pleural fluid characteristics in pulmonary brucellosis.
abstract: Although pulmonary symptoms accompany up to 16% of cases of infection with Brucella melitensis, pleural effusion has rarely been reported. A 12 year old girl had brucellosis with pulmonary disease and a pleural effusion. The pleural fluid was clear and straw coloured with 2700 leucocytes/mm3 (93% lymphocytes), a protein level of 48 g/1, and a glucose concentration of 4.1 mmol/l. Culture of the pleural fluid grew Br melitensis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kerem
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diav
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Branski
mesh_terms: D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography