Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Brucella melitensis.
Peritonitis is an extremely rare complication of brucellosis. A case is reported of blood and ascitic culture-proven spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Brucella melitensis, in a patient who had also cirrhosis.
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. aerbay@superonline.com
Ayse
A
Erbay
Hürrem
H
Bodur
Esragül
E
Akinci
Aylin
A
Colpan
Mustafa A
MA
Cevik
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents