title: Isolation of Brucella melitensis from an abscess on the left foot of a 3-year-old infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infantil de México 'Federico Gómez', Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Resendiz-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Araceli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Contreras-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Ahidé
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Merino
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infantil de México 'Federico Gómez', Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bravo-Guzmán
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Juan Gabriel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Valle-Valdez
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents