Buttock abscess brucellosis.
Human brucellosis is a multisystem disease that may present with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, and its complications can affect almost all organs and systems with varying incidence. Soft-tissue infection due to Brucella species is a rare complication of brucellosis. This report presents a case of a 30-y-old previously healthy woman whose right buttock abscess culture grew Brucella spp. The patient was treated successfully with abscess drainage and antibiotic therapy.
Dakdouk
Ghenwa K
GK
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Araj
George F
GF
Awar
Ghassan N
GN
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002081:Buttocks / Q000382:microbiology*; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin