Brucella: a rare causative agent of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
We report a 54-year-old woman with hepatitis B-related chronic liver disease with ascites who developed spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Blood and fluid cultures grew Brucella; the patient was working at an animal husbandry till one year ago. She responded to therapy with streptomycin and tetracycline.
Refik Mas
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GATA Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. refikmas@yahoo.com
Isik
Ahmet Turan
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Doruk
Hüseyin
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Cömert
Bilgin
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D000818:Animals; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology