title: Successful treatment of brucellosis in a twin pregnancy.
abstract: We diagnosed active brucellosis infection at the tenth week of gestation in a woman with a twin pregnancy. Antimicrobial therapy with rifampicin was started at 900 mg/day and continued for six weeks. Healthy twins were delivered at the 38th week of gestation. Early and adequate treatment of maternal brucella infection might have prevented the early detrimental consequences of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Government Hospital of Ahlat, Bitlis, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozbay
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Inanmis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014427:Twins
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012293:Rifampin