Pneumonic presentation of brucellosis.
Brucellosis is a rare disease in children. Lung involvement is an uncommon presentation of brucellosis. The authors are presenting a child with brucellosis, who presented with predominant pulmonary involvement. It was an eight-year-old child who was referred to us a case of non-resolving pneumonia. Brucella agglutination test was suggestive of brucellosis. He responded to the combination of doxycycline and rifampicin.
Singh
Meenu
M
Advanced Pediatric Center, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Salaria
Manju
M
Kumar
Lata
L
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*