Isolation of Brucella melitensis from an abscess on the left foot of a 3-year-old infant.
An unusual case of a 3-year-old girl with a brucellar foot abscess is reported. Although direct microscopic examination of samples from the lesion did not reveal micro-organisms of any kind, a 7 day culture of caseous material yielded small colonies of Gram-negative cocobacilli in Löwenstein-Jensen medium. These were biochemically and molecularly identified as Brucella melitensis. The possibility of foot abscess being caused by Brucella should be considered in countries where brucellosis is endemic.
Resendiz-Sánchez
Jesús
J
Hospital Infantil de México 'Federico Gómez', Mexico City, Mexico.
Contreras-Rodríguez
Araceli
A
Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
López-Merino
Ahidé
A
Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
Bravo-Guzmán
Leopoldo
L
Hospital Infantil de México 'Federico Gómez', Mexico City, Mexico.
Valle-Valdez
Juan Gabriel
JG
Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Mexico City, Mexico.
D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents