title: Brucellosis mimicking enteric fever.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ayseerbay@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erbay
authors.forename: Hürrem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bodur
authors.forename: Esragül
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akinci
authors.forename: Aliye
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baştuğ
authors.forename: Mustafa Aydin
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cevik
mesh_terms: 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