title: Primary peritonitis due to brucellosis mimicking tuberculous peritonitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Başkent University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. yusufziya2002@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yusuf Ziya
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Demiroğlu
authors.forename: Tuba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turunç
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alişkan
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colakoğlu
authors.forename: Hande
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arslan
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline; D012293:Rifampin