Primary peritonitis due to brucellosis mimicking tuberculous peritonitis.
Peritonitis due to brucellosis is extremely rare and the reported cases are mostly chronic hepatic failure patients with ascites or chronic renal failure patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We report a 20-year-old male patient, with no underlying disease, who was diagnosed as peritonitis due to brucellosis mimicking tuberculosis, with ascites with pleocytosis, lymphocytic predominance and high levels of adenosine deaminase.
Demiroğlu
Yusuf Ziya
YZ
Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Başkent University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. yusufziya2002@hotmail.com
Turunç
Tuba
T
Alişkan
Hikmet
H
Colakoğlu
Sule
S
Arslan
Hande
H
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019152:Paracentesis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin