title: Brucella peritonitis.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with peritonitis caused by Brucella melitensis who also had chronic liver disease. At first the patient was treated for bacterial peritonitis but when a lymphocytic ascites was aspirated antituberculosis chemotherapy was given. However, the serological tests for brucellosis were strongly positive and subsequently B. melitensis was isolated from ascitic fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Halim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayub
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdulkareem
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: al-Gazlan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001201:Ascites / Q000382:microbiology*; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents