Fatal systemic infection with multifocal liver and lung nodules caused by Brucella abortus.
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.
Park
Keo Woon
KW
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Dong-Gu, Gwangju, Korea.
Kim
Dong-Min
DM
Park
Chi Young
CY
Kim
Hyun Lee
HL
Jang
Sook Jin
SJ
Choi
Young Sil
YS
Park
Mi-Yeoun
MY
Song
Hyeon-Je
HJ
Lee
Seung-Hyun
SH
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
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S