title: Acute brucellosis with myelodysplastic syndrome presenting as pancytopenia and Fever of unknown origin.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case of brucellosis with myelo-dysplastic syndrome (MDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 70-year-old woman presented with pancytopenia and fever of unknown origin (FUO). The initial diagnosis was brucellosis; the woman was treated with doxycycline and rifampin against Brucella melitensis but was later diagnosed as suffering from MDS. She was immediately transferred to the Department of Hematology for further evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the rarity of brucellosis with MDS, and we recommend that brucellosis with MDS be considered in patients presenting with pancytopenia and FUO.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
authors: Jun-Jie
authors: JJ
authors: Li
authors: Zi-Ke
authors: ZK
authors: Sheng
authors: Sheng
authors: S
authors: Tu
authors: Sheng
authors: S
authors: Bi
authors: Xiao-Min
authors: XM
authors: Shen
authors: Ji-Fang
authors: JF
authors: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000150:complications*