Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever.
Brucellosis is a systemic infection with multiple presentations. Despite its oral transmission and gastrointestinal pathogenesis, systemic symptoms are usually more prominent than gastrointestinal complaints. We report a patient with enteric fever caused by Brucella melitensis.
Erbay
Ayşe
A
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ayseerbay@gmail.com
Bodur
Hürrem
H
Akinci
Esragül
E
Baştuğ
Aliye
A
Cevik
Mustafa Aydin
MA
D000293:Adolescent; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology