title: Acute pancreatitis associated with brucellosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute pancreatitis can be caused by a variety of infectious agents but it is regarded as an extremely rare complication of brucellosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We briefly describe a 56-year-old man who presented with acute pancreatitis, fever, myalgia, and other clinical symptoms. Brucella melitensis was cultured from his blood. All clinical manifestations gradually resolved with the institution of intramuscular streptomycin and oral doxycycline therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute pancreatitis may rarely be a complication of infection with B. melitensis. In areas where brucellosis is endemic, it should be kept in mind that acute pancreatitis may result from infection with brucella organisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Arta General Hospital, Greece. head_medicine@psyhat.gr
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papaioannides
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Korantzopoulos
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sinapidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akritidis
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000681:Amylases; D004318:Doxycycline; D013307:Streptomycin