title: Brucellosis acquired by eating imported cheese.
abstract: Pyrexia of unknown origin is an important clinical presentation in both paediatric and adult medicine. We present a case of pyrexia of unknown origin in a 14 year-old boy which turned out to be due to infection with Brucella melitensis, despite the patient not having left Great Britain - an officially brucellosis-free country - in six years. Repeated history-taking provided a clue to the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Helen A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Brough
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Isaza
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pasvol
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000506:poisoning; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed