Meningoencephalitis, pancytopenia, pulmonary insufficiency and splenic abscess in a patient with brucellosis.
A complicated case of brucellosis with some rare features is reported. Brucellosis is a multisystemic disease. However, disseminated brucellosis with cerebral, pulmonary, hematopoietic and splenic involvement in an otherwise healthy patient is a rare event. In this article, we report a case of disseminated brucellosis who was initially diagnosed as myelodysplastic syndrome MDS and meningoencephalitis, pulmonary symptoms, and splenic abscess formation occurred thereafter.
Cokca
Fugen
F
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Ankara University, Ibni Sina Hospital, Ankara 06100, Turkey. cokcaf@infeksiyon.org
Yilmaz-Bozkurt
Gulden
G
Azap
Alpay
A
Memikoglu
Osman
O
Tekeli
Emin
E
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000382:microbiology*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000382:microbiology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*