title: [A rare agent of pneumonia: Brucella melitensis].
abstract: Brucellosis remains a world-wide public health problem especially in developing brucellosis remains a world-wide public health problem especially in developing countries. Although involvement of the respiratory system in brucellosis is an acknowledged but rare event, its clinical manifestations and focal complications are often troublesome in making a diagnosis. Herein, we report a pneumonia case which proved due to Brucella melitensis in a 57-year-old man who presented with chronic cough, sputum, hemoptysis and fever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. dronderozturk@gmail.com
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akçam
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bircan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.forename: Güler
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yayli
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011634:Public Health; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin