title: Fatal systemic infection with multifocal liver and lung nodules caused by Brucella abortus.
abstract: We experienced a fatal case caused by Brucella abortus with multifocal necrosis confirmed by culture and polymerase chain reaction. Our case highlights that the clinician should be aware of the potential for fatality when a patient with brucellosis shows dissemination of abscess or nodules with no calcification in the liver, lung, pleura, and spine.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Dong-Gu, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Keo Woon
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dong-Min
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chi Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyun Lee
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sook Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Young Sil
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Mi-Yeoun
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyeon-Je
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Seung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002417:Cattle; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005334:Fever; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D017116:Low Back Pain; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S